Publications by authors named "Stephanie C Francalancia"
Article Synopsis
- The study analyzes minority representation throughout the plastic and reconstructive surgery (PRS) training pipeline, from high school to practicing physicians, revealing significant drops in representation for Black and Hispanic students as they progress.
- Data was collected from US Census and medical schools to create representation quotients (RQs), showing Black students start strong in high school but decline significantly in medical and residency stages, while Asian students remain overrepresented.
- Overall, the findings highlight the need for increased diversity efforts in premedical recruitment and ongoing support for minority students to improve their representation in the PRS field.
Aim: It remains unclear whether cardiac arrest (CA) resuscitation generates aerosols that can transmit respiratory pathogens. We hypothesize that chest compression and defibrillation generate aerosols that could contain the SARS-CoV-2 virus in a swine CA model.
Methods: To simulate witnessed CA with bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation, 3 female non-intubated swine underwent 4 min of ventricular fibrillation without chest compression or defibrillation (no-flow) followed by ten 2-min cycles of mechanical chest compression and defibrillation without ventilation.