Gender-Dependent Differences in Outcome After the Treatment of Infection in Hospitalized Patients

Abstract

Although gender may not be predictive of mortality among all infections, women appear to be at increased risk for death from hospital-acquired pneumonia, even after controlling for other comorbidities.

Keywords

MedicineOutcome (game theory)Internal medicineIntensive care medicine

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University of Virginia US

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Year: 1999
Type: article
Volume: 282
Issue: 22
Pages: 2143-2143
Citations: 123
Access: Closed

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                                    Traves D. Crabtree, 
                                
                                    Shawn J. Pelletier, 
                                
                                    Thomas G. Gleason
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1999). 
                            Gender-Dependent Differences in Outcome After the Treatment of Infection in Hospitalized Patients. 
                            JAMA
                            , 282
                            (22)
                            , 2143-2143.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.282.22.2143
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.22.2143