Search Tag: gender

Sepsis

Influence-of-gender-on-age-associated-mortality-in-sepsis

2023 13 Jun

Despite advancements in medical care, sepsis remains a significant global health issue and a leading cause of hospital mortality worldwide. Numerous epidemiological studies have been conducted on sepsis, but its epidemiology remains unclear due to its heterogeneous nature.   Sepsis is characterised by an imbalanced immune response to infection....Read more

ICU Management

Sex-lies-and-covid-19

2021 24 Aug

An overview of the impact of gender on the severity of illness, impact and outcomes of COVID-19. T he human coronaviruses (HCoVs) includ e two alpha-CoVs (HCoV-229E and HCoV-NL63) and five beta-coronaviruses (HCoV-OC43, HCoV-HKU1, severe acute respiratory syndrome CoV [SARS-CoV], Middle East respiratory syndrome CoV [MERS-CoV], and most recently ...Read more

Executive Health Management

Sex-gender-impacts-in-cardiovascular-disease-a-typical-presentation-of-cardiovascular-disease

2019 26 Aug

Summary: Differences in sex and gender may account for gaps in treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease, but at the same time, it also gives the opportunity for personalised sex and gender-specific medicine.   Typical presentations in medicine are defined in ways that health care professionals can draw on past experiences and education...Read more

Executive Health Management

Staff-matters-infographic

2018 22 Sep

A snapshot view of the challenges facing healthcare human resources. Read more

ICU Management

European-society-of-intensive-care-medicine-diversity-task-force

2018 01 Jun

In March the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) ( esicm.org ) announced its Diversity Task Force (pictured), which will draft a policy paper and code of conduct related to gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, race, culture, socioeconomic status and multi professionalism. ESICM is the first major international medical society...Read more

ICU Management

Addressing-the-gender-gap-in-critical-care

2018 01 Jun

A “persistent and pervasive” gender gap in academic critical care medicine is highlighted in a recent article in Critical Care Medicine by Geeta Mehta, MD, of the Department of Medicine and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Sinai Health System, University of Toronto, Canada and colleagues from Canada and the UK (Mehta et al. 2018)....Read more

Health Management

Volume-17-issue-5-2017

2017 09 Nov

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ICU Management

Gender-as-parameter-when-planning-quality-improvement-in-clinical-pathways

2017 04 Aug

Different preferences based on gender, influence the patient’s perspective of good quality in care and treatment. As future healthcare points towards more outpatient treatment and less hospitalisation, and as the majority of quality-studies are related to patients who are hospitalised or have chronic diseases, it seems interesting to explore the patient...Read more

ICU Management

Does-gender-matter-in-resuscitation-teams

2017 28 May

A simulated study of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that compared performance by male and female medical students found that the female students performed less efficiently and were less effective resuscitation team leaders. The researchers, from the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, suggest that gender-specific training may be...Read more

ICU Management

5-strategies-to-ensure-gender-parity-in-critical-care-medicine

2017 08 Mar

Intensive care clinicians and researchers from around the world have published recommendations to improve the acknowledged gender inequity in the discipline, making a strong call to action “to better leverage our collective talent to the benefit of our profession and critically ill patients worldwide”. The article is available ahead of print in the...Read more

ICU Management

Volume-16-issue-3-2016-1

2016 27 Sep

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ICU Management

Women-in-leadership-in-intensive-care-medicine

2016 27 Sep

There is a significant gender imbalance in positions of leadership in intensive care medicine. This complex problem requires action to ensure high quality and sustainable leadership for our specialty in the future.   Despite an increasing proportion of ‏women in the medical specialty ‏workforce, there are few female doctors ‏in positions of...Read more

IT Management

Hit-gender-pay-gap-widens

2016 10 Aug

The gap between men and women’s salaries in healthcare IT has widened in the last ten years according to HIMSS’ data. According to its biennial compensation survey, HIMSS found that women earned 78 percent of the average male IT worker’s pay in 2015. In 2006 the HIMSS Longitudinal Gender Compensation Assessment found that the average woman’s salary...Read more

Cardiology Management

Esc-cvd-kills-51-of-women-breast-cancer-kills-3-1

2015 06 Mar

CVD is the top cause of death in women in Europe Cardiovascular disease (CVD) kills 51% of women in Europe and breast cancer kills 3%, bucking the misperception that CVD is a man’s disease. CVD is the top killer in women and is largely preventable. The call for women to reduce their risk comes from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) on International...Read more

IMAGING Management

Concussions-men-have-longer-recovery-time

2014 06 May

A recent study of concussion patients using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), entitled “Sex Differences in White Matter Abnormalities after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Localization and Correlation with Outcome”, found that females recovered faster after concussion than males did. The findings are published online in the journal Radiology and...Read more

Cardiology Management

Study-gender-inequalities-in-heart-attack-angina-care-delivery

2014 18 Mar

According to a new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), among younger adults experiencing heart attacks and angina, findings show men receive faster care compared with women of the same age. It Other gender-related factors affecting access to care for both men and women were also uncovered. With the aim of understanding...Read more

ICU Management

Study-finds-women-less-at-risk-than-men-for-bloodstream-or-surgical-site-infections

2013 07 Jun

A new study from Columbia University School of Nursing supports a growing body of evidence that women are less likely to contract bloodstream or surgical site infections than their male counterparts. Researchers investigated the incidence of infection in thousands of hospitalized patients and found the odds for women succumbing to a bloodstream...Read more

ICU Management

End-of-emancipation-unravelling-the-effect-of-gender-on-icu-mortality-1

2013 07 Mar

Authors Irit Nachtigall, MD Sascha Tafelski, MD Maxim Kartachov, MD Claudia Spies, MD Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Charité University Hospital Campus Charité Mitte and Campus Virchow-Klinikum Berlin, Germany Introduction Debates have long existed on whether gender might either impact intensive care unit (ICU)...Read more