Do men perform better than women in trauma?
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چکیده
In recent decades, numerous studies have compared survival according to gender of patients admitted to general hospitals and particularly to intensive care units. In a previous issue of Critical Care, Schoeneberg and colleagues presented the results of a German observational study on a sample from a 10 year registry in a Level 1 trauma center. The conclusion is that there is a trend towards a higher mortality in women than in men.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 18 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014