and the other one is based upon a quantitative study. The articles that were chosen for us to critique are The Effects Of Crossed Leg On Blood Pressure Measurement‚ which is the quantitative study and The Experience Of Patients Undergoing Awake Craniotomy‚ which is the qualitative study. In the process of critiquing‚ we are to address areas such as the title‚ abstract‚ purpose statements‚ problem statements‚ hypotheses‚ literature reviews‚ and the theoretical frameworks that were used in the studies
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minutes the subject was told to cross one leg over the knee of the other leg and the blood pressure was then measured and recorded again (Foster-Fitzpatrick‚ Ortiz‚ Sibilano‚ Marcantonio & Braun‚ 1999). The Experience of Patients Undergoing Awake Craniotomy Although the exact procedure was not clearly laid out it does state how the data was collected. Each interview lasted between 30 and 60 minutes and was recorded so they could listen again later if need be. Since interviews can not be scripted
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Rebecca Guilkey‚ Dian Von Ah‚ Janet Carpenter‚ Cynthia Stone‚ and Claire Draucker in 2016. This article focused on how craniotomies are known to be painful‚ but little attention is paid to postcraniotomy pain. This study was narrowed down to focusing on postcraniotomy pain in adults 21 or older who are patients in intensive care units (ICU). The study stated that postop pain in craniotomy patients is often associated with nausea and vomiting‚ anxiety‚ and depression and is often left untreated because
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studies that were conducted by two different research groups. One paper titled: “The Effects of Crossed Leg on Blood Pressure Measurement” is done as a quantitative study with the other paper titled: “The Experience of Patients Undergoing Awake Craniotomy” being a qualitative study. For each study I will be critiquing the titles‚ abstracts‚ purpose statements‚ problem statements‚ hypothesis‚ literature reviews and theoretical frameworks used in these studies. The first essay I will be critiquing
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The next type of surgery is a craniotomy‚ which is a surgical opening of the skull. There are many types of craniotomy‚ and the first that will be mentioned is extended bifrontal craniotomy. The extended bifrontal craniotomy is a skull base approach used to focus on difficult tumors towards the front of the brain. It is based on the concept that it is safer to remove the extra bone than to unnecessarily harm the brain. The next surgery is an extended bifrontal craniotomy involves making an incision
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while this article came out in 2008. The 2005 source is recent. The 1988 source is not so recent‚ but was relevant to the study because it helped to address the fact that there is a lack of exploration for the patient’s feeling surrounding an awake craniotomy. The quantitative study uses mostly primary sources in the literature review. This study was published in 1998 with the literature review sources ranging from 1984-1998. Sources used in this review are studies about the proper technique for
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whether leg-crossing impacted the results of blood pressure measurements. The research conducted by Palese‚ Skrap‚ Fachin‚ Visioli and Zannini (2008) is a qualitative study of the subjective data collected from patients who experienced while-awake craniotomies. Identification of Design Quantitative Research Article Design The design chosen for this research was a pretest-posttest design‚ the quasi-experimental design‚ for answering the research problem‚ “Does crossing the leg during blood pressure measurement
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An acute subdural hematoma is usually caused by a head injury‚ such as from a fall‚ motor vehicle collision‚ or an assault. The sudden blow to the head tears blood vessels that run along the surface of the brain. The blood collects between the protective layers of tissue that surround the brain. Those layers include the dura‚ which is the outermost and strongest layer‚ the arachnoid‚ the delicate middle layer and the pia‚ which is the innermost layer that contours the brain. In a subdural hematoma
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Sample and Design Critique The purpose of this paper is to critique the design‚ sample and ethical issues used in the selected research studies. The article “The Experience of Patients Undergoing Awake Craniotomy” is a qualitative study. The overall purpose of the study is as Palese‚ Skrap‚ Fachin‚ Visioli‚ and Zannini‚ (2008) states‚ “Although different techniques are used‚ very little has been documented about how the patients feels‚ what they think about‚ or how they approach this type of surgery
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practices. However‚ surgery isn’t a modern day miracle. Surgeries have been taking place for centuries‚ and at the head of those surgeries are trepanation and craniotomies. In fact‚ the oldest surgical techniques known to be used by primitive people are those techniques used to cut holes into the cranium. Early trepanation and craniotomies were mainly performed by abrasion‚ scraping‚ crosscut sawing and drilling techniques. Knowledge like this is in high demand as we try to make new leaps into medicine
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