Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Jul 2003
Multicenter StudyGender-related differences in intensive care: a multiple-center cohort study of therapeutic interventions and outcome in critically ill patients.
To determine whether gender-related differences exist in the provided level of care and outcome in a large cohort of critically ill patients. ⋯ In a large cohort of critically ill patients, no differences in severity of illness-adjusted mortality rate between men and women were found. Despite a higher severity of illness in women, men received an increased level of care and underwent more invasive procedures. This different therapeutic approach in men did not translate into a better outcome.