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The Efficacy Of Transversus Abdominis Plane Block As An Adjunct To Spinal Anesthesia For Cesarean Delivery: An Evidence Synthesis And Implementation Toolkit, Alyssa Hebert, Alex Potts, Gabriela Robertson

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones

Postoperative pain hinders cesarean delivery recovery and overall patient experience. Although spinal anesthesia with intrathecal opioids remains the standard of practice, associated side effects and concerns regarding opioid exposure highlight the need for effective opioid-sparing strategies. Anesthesia providers play a critical role in advancing postoperative pain management through evidence-based protocol development, provider education, and interdisciplinary collaboration to optimize maternal outcomes. The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block provides somatic analgesia to the anterior abdominal wall by targeting the thoracolumbar nerves (T6–L1) and has increasingly been incorporated into multimodal postoperative pain management strategies for abdominal surgery. Nevertheless, a gap remains in obstetric …

The Predictors Of Adverse Birth Outcomes In Pre-Eclampsia: An Explanatory Sequential Study, Maadwoa F. Asamoah

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones

Objectives: The goal of this study was to identify health factors associated with adverse birth outcomes among women diagnosed with preeclampsia. Three logistic regression models were developed and analyzed. In addition to the quantitative analysis, 10 women discussed their experiences with provider communications, access to resources, barriers to care, and the quality of the postpartum support they received.

Research questions: Research questions asked how women diagnosed with preeclampsia feel about their care. 1. Does learning about preeclampsia before diagnosis help reduce negative birth outcomes? 2. Which personal and health factors align with birth outcomes? 3.What barriers do women face in …