Effect of Patient Sex on Intensive Care Unit Survival
2004; American Medical Association; Volume: 164; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/archinte.164.1.61
ISSN1538-3679
AutoresHugo Romo, André Carlos Kajdacsy-Balla Amaral, Jean‐Louis Vincent,
Tópico(s)Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
ResumoBackground: Human observations have shown different mortality rates between men and women with various pathological conditions, but this issue has not been widely studied in a heterogeneous population of critically ill patients.Methods: Retrospective analysis of all patients admitted to a mixed medical-surgical, 31-bed intensive care unit (ICU) during 2 different years (1983 and 1995) to evaluate possible differences in mortality between male and female patients and between medical and surgical admissions and variations in these differences over time.Results: From a total of 4420 admissions (1587 women, 2833 men), women showed a higher mortality, with an odds ratio (OR) of 1.18 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.02-1.38).This pattern was the same for the 2 periods, and all patient data were therefore analyzed together.After age stratification, the differences were significant for
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