Gender differences in mortality and quality of life after septic shock: A post-hoc analysis of the ARISE study.

We assess the impact of gender and pre-menopausal state on short- and long-term outcomes in patients with septic shock. This post-hoc analysis of a large multi-center trial in early septic shock has shown no short- or long-term survival effect for women overall as well as in the pre-menopausal age-group.
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