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Background: In 2013, the American Heart Association (AHA) published guidelines on the effect of pet ownership on cardiovascular health. At the time, it was the only guideline published by a formal body that medical providers could use to guide patie…

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of conditions including: abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Objective: The aim of this study is to determine if prolonged sitting should be considered as an…

Background: In pediatric respiratory emergencies, the chest radiograph is the most used and favored diagnostic test by providers. Although not yet implemented in practice, point-of-care ultrasounds (POCUS) are becoming more favored in pediatric resp…

Screen time across all age groups in the United States on average exceeds 10 hours per day. Screen time has increased over the last 12 years with many advances in technology. It is clear there are many adverse effects from too much screen time, such…

Background: Pain, a subjective experience, poses unique challenges in its assessment, particularly among nonverbal children with intellectual disabilities who express pain in a variety of individualized ways. Traditional pain assessment tools that r…

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic led to increased and more accessible use of telemedicine, which has remained common practice even as the pandemic ended. Telemedicine visits do not allow for a complete physical exam or in-office diagnostic testing …

Objective: The objective of this research is to identify what observational studies have been published to compare malpractice rates between Physician Assistants (PAs) and other providers, while also addressing common causative factors for these mal…

Medications such as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) have become a mainstay of first line treatments for many common mental health illnesses from anxiety to dementia. If SSRIs are unsuccessful, there are a myriad of other classes and …

Perioperative pain management utilizing opioids contributes to the opioid epidemic that has ravaged the United States causing a rise in death rates and a national financial burden. While multiple risk factors are responsible for the opioid use disor…