Loading...
Recent studies have shown that risk for sepsis is higher in men than in women; whether gender has an effect on sepsis outcomes remains unclear. Now, using records from a French database containing information on adults who receive intensive care, researchers have analyzed outcomes for 1000 men and 608 women treated for severe sepsis between January 1997 and September 2005.
Overall, women were older and had a higher rate of emergency surgery but lower organ dysfunction scores. Men and women had similar SAPS II scores at hospital admission. Men had a higher rate of chronic pulmonary dysfunction. All other comorbidities as well as level of care and number of invasive procedures were distributed evenly between genders.
After matching the patients…