@article{ref1,
title="Sexual dimorphism in trauma? A retrospective evaluation of outcome",
journal="Injury",
year="2003",
author="Bowles, B. Jason and Roth, Bradley and Demetriades, Demetrios",
volume="34",
number="1",
pages="27-31",
abstract="PURPOSE: Multiple studies have demonstrated a heightened immune response in female animals subjected to trauma-hemorrhage models and have implied a subsequent survival advantage. PROCEDURES: A retrospective review of outcome in 15,170 trauma admissions over a 5-year-period (1993-1997) at a level 1-trauma center was performed. A comparison of outcome by gender, age, injury severity score (ISS), mechanism of injury, location of injury (AIS), and length of hospitalization (intensive care unit and total hospitalization) was performed. FINDINGS: There were 12,456 male and 2714 female patients included in the study. Overall survival rates (male = 90.2%, female = 90.8%) and survival of serious (ISS > or = 15) trauma (male = 63.5%, female = 60.5%) were not statistically different. Logistic regression analysis identified age, mechanism and ISS as factors associated with survival. CONCLUSION: Retrospective evaluation of our trauma population failed to show a difference in outcome between male and female trauma patients. Age, mechanism and severity of injury-but not gender-were identified as factors influencing survival.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-1383",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}