Relative risks of reported serious injury and death associated with hemostasis devices by gender
Autor: | Beverly Albrecht Gallauresi, Carlos Bell, Suzanne Rich, Dale R. Tavris |
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Rok vydání: | 2003 |
Předmět: |
Male
medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Databases Factual Epidemiology medicine.medical_treatment Hemorrhage National Center for Health Statistics U.S Infections Risk Assessment Food and drug administration Sex Factors Hematoma Humans Medicine Pharmacology (medical) Angioplasty Balloon Coronary Intensive care medicine Health statistics Cardiac catheterization Equipment Safety Hemostatic Techniques United States Food and Drug Administration business.industry Significant difference medicine.disease United States Femoral Artery Equipment and Supplies Relative risk Hemostasis Wounds and Injuries Female business Reporting system |
Zdroj: | Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 12:237-241 |
ISSN: | 1099-1557 1053-8569 |
DOI: | 10.1002/pds.802 |
Popis: | Purpose To assess relative risks by gender of reported serious injuries and deaths associated with the use of hemostasis devices, stratified by year of report, type of injury, and type of device. Methods Reports from the Food and Drug Administration's Medical Device Reporting system and National Center for Health Statistics data on use of cardiac catheterization were used to estimate relative risks of reported serious injuries and deaths by gender. Results Estimated risks of reported serious injuries and deaths associated with hemostasis devices were two to three times greater in females than in males for hemorrhage and hematoma (p |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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