Publications by authors named "M A Stowers"
Purpose: Speech-language pathology programs use simulated learning experiences (SLEs) to teach graduate student clinicians about fidelity to therapeutic interventions, including static skills (clinical actions that are delivered in a prespecified way regardless of the client's behavior) and dynamic skills (contingent responses formulated in response to a client's behavior). The purpose of this study was to explore student learning of static and dynamic skills throughout SLEs and live clinical practice.
Method: Thirty-three speech-language pathology graduate students participated in this study.
Background: It is suspected that there are differences in access to orthopaedic care within New Zealand (NZ), due to inter-hospital differences in scoring thresholds for surgical eligibility. We aimed to evaluate those patients who meet the threshold for publicly funded surgery with regard to both functional disability and severity of radiographic arthritis across three different public hospitals to assess any discrepancies.
Methods: A retrospective review of prospectively collected data over a 12 month period (2018-2019) across three public hospitals (Auckland City, North Shore and Whangārei hospitals) in NZ was performed.
Background: Day stay surgery for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions is an increasingly common practice and has driven clinicians to develop postoperative pain regimes that allow same day mobilization and a safe and timely discharge. There is a paucity of literature surrounding the use of intraosseous (IO) ropivacaine used as a Bier's block to provide both intraoperative and postoperative analgesia in lower limb surgery.
Methods: This patient blinded, pilot study randomized 15 patients undergoing ACL reconstruction to receive either IO ropivacaine 1.
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates the effectiveness of tranexamic acid (TXA) for reducing blood loss during total knee arthroplasty (TKA), comparing topical and systemic administration methods in a randomized controlled trial with 134 patients.
- - Both topical (tTXA) and systemic (sTXA) TXA routes significantly reduced estimated perioperative blood loss compared to a placebo group, with no notable difference in blood loss between the two TXA methods.
- - The findings suggest that a single intraoperative dose of 1.5 g of TXA, whether given topically or systemically, is effective for minimizing blood loss in TKA patients without increasing complication rates.