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Ava Pierce
Researcher at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Publications - 19
Citations - 173
Ava Pierce is an academic researcher from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Racism. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 16 publications receiving 101 citations. Previous affiliations of Ava Pierce include Parkland Health & Hospital System.
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Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Academic Emergency Medicine: How Far Have We Come? Next Steps for the Future.
Dowin Boatright,Jeremy Branzetti,David Duong,Marquita Hicks,Joel Moll,Marcia Perry,Ava Pierce,Elizabeth A. Samuels,Teresa Y. Smith,Christy Angerhofer,Sheryl Heron +10 more
TL;DR: A group of experts in the field of diversity and inclusion convened a work group during the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Program Directors and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine national meetings to develop strategies to help EM residency programs examine and improve racial and ethnic diversity in their institutions.
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#MeToo in EM: A Multicenter Survey of Academic Emergency Medicine Faculty on Their Experiences with Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment.
Dave W. Lu,Dave W. Lu,Michelle D. Lall,Jennifer Mitzman,Sheryl Heron,Ava Pierce,Nicholas Hartman,Danielle M. McCarthy,Joshua Jauregui,Tania D. Strout +9 more
TL;DR: Female EM faculty perceived more gender-based discrimination in their workplaces than their male counterparts, according to a cross-sectional survey of emergency medicine faculty across six programs.
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The need to resume chest compressions immediately after defibrillation attempts: An analysis of post-shock rhythms and duration of pulselessness following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
TL;DR: After defibrillation attempts, the majority of patients remain pulseless for over 2min and the duration of asystole before return of pulses is longer than 120s beyond the shock gap in as many as 25%.
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Changes in Emergency Department Concordance with Guidelines for the Management of Food-Induced Anaphylaxis: 1999-2001 versus 2013-2015
Sunday Clark,Krislyn M. Boggs,Diana S. Balekian,Kohei Hasegawa,Phuong Vo,Brian H. Rowe,Carlos A. Camargo,Jon W. Schrock,Muhammad Waseem,Brigitte M. Baumann,Frank LoVecchio,Ava Pierce,Susan M. Wojcik,Theodore J. Gaeta,Gait Jordan,Daniel del Portal,Kirk A. Stiffler,Francis L. Counselman,Marc Afilalo,Quinn Grimes,Kirk Magee,Jerome Cephas +21 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed data from two multicenter retrospective studies of patients with food-related acute allergic reactions seen in 1 of 17 EDs during two time periods: 1999 to 2001 and 2013 to 2015.
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Changes in emergency department concordance with guidelines for the management of stinging insect-induced anaphylaxis: 1999-2001 vs 2013-2015
Sunday Clark,Krislyn M. Boggs,Diana S. Balekian,Kohei Hasegawa,Phuong Vo,Brian H. Rowe,Carlos A. Camargo,Marc Afilalo,Brigitte M. Baumann,Jerome Cephas,Francis L. Counselman,Theodore J. Gaeta,Quinn Grimes,Gait Jordan,Frank LoVecchio,Kirk Magee,Ava Pierce,Jon W. Schrock,Kirk A. Stiffler,Muhammad Waseem,Susan M. Wojcik,Ernest L. Yeh +21 more
TL;DR: During the nearly 15-year study interval, there was increased ED concordance with epinephrine-related guideline recommendations for the management of SIIA and the decrease in allergy/immunology referrals was observed.