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Critical Care
Published in: Critical Care 1/2014

Open Access 01-02-2014 | Commentary

Do men perform better than women in trauma?

Authors: Alberto Hernández-Tejedor, Carlos García-Fuentes, Emilio Alted-López

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

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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Metadata
Title
Do men perform better than women in trauma?
Authors
Alberto Hernández-Tejedor
Carlos García-Fuentes
Emilio Alted-López
Publication date
01-02-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc13748

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