Association between sex and mortality in patients with sepsis admitted to the ICU: gender and sex hormones influence the response to sepsis?

Autor:	DO Couto, Raphael S. Rodrigues, AA Peixoto, Francisco Albano de Meneses, DB Sales, Jpa Lima
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Age and sex medicine.disease Teaching hospital Sepsis Sexual dimorphism Shock (circulatory) Poster Presentation medicine In patient medicine.symptom business Hormone
Zdroj:	Critical Care
ISSN:	1364-8535
DOI:	10.1186/cc7821
Popis:	Studies have demonstrated an impact of gender dimorphism on immune and organ responsiveness and in the susceptibility to and morbidity from shock, trauma, and sepsis. We performed a comparative analysis of mortality in two subgroups of patients with sepsis, differentiated by age and sex, admitted to the ICU (UTI) of a teaching hospital.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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