6 Beyond the default male: exploring sex differences in the acute physiological response to trauma and associated clinical outcomes

Conclusions Even when the confounding influences of age, mechanism and severe head injury are removed, females with comparable injury severities have different physiological responses and worse outcomes following trauma. Further work is needed to establish the underlying causes for this.
Source: Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Royal Society of Medicine, Colt Foundation Research [amp ] Clinical Innovation Meeting 2022 Source Type: research