Search Tag: gender differences

ICU Management

Sex-a-biological-variable-in-the-icu

2024 21 Mar

  Dr Marlies Ostermann from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London presented a tutorial at ISICEM 2024, highlighting the historical disparities and inequalities faced by different sexes in the ICU. These challenges encompass lower ICU admission rates, variations in medical care provision, inadequate personalisation, limited representation...Read more

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Ea21-middle-aged-men-more-likely-to-die-after-surgery-than-middle-aged-women

2021 19 Dec

New research presented at Euroanaesthesia 2021 shows that middle-aged men are nearly 50% more likely to die after surgery than middle-aged women.   Previous studies also report sex differences in the risk of complications after surgery, but the results have been mixed. One study showed that men were at higher risk of complications and death after...Read more

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Gender-in-the-icu

2021 24 Aug

G ender inequity in critical care medicine remains a pressing issue as the representation of women and minorities continues to be lowest in this specialty. Women continue to be underrepresented in leadership roles and senior positions. Whether it is overall compensation, lucrative opportunities, recipients of research funding, lead authors and editors,...Read more

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Male-sex-an-independent-risk-factor-for-mortality-in-very-old-intensive-care-patients

2021 24 Aug

Among 1,841 very old ICU patients with respiratory failure, although women had higher age and frailty, males had higher 30-day mortality assessed one month after ICU admission. Particularly in light of the ongoing pandemic, male patients appear to be at significantly higher risk for worse outcomes than females. Introduction Demographic...Read more

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Covid-19-molecular-mechanisms-of-gender-differences

2020 30 Jul

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths around the globe. An important thing to note is that more men have died from COVID-19 than women. A European study shows that men had a slightly higher incidence of COVID-19 with no respiratory distress compared to women. Still, more males with COVID-19 developed severe respiratory...Read more