Journal article
Gender Differences in Pediatric Burn Patients
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: There is evidence that females have a better outcome in intensive care units (ICUs) when compared with males. The aim of the present study was to compare hospital course and physiologic markers between severely burned pediatric females and males.
SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: One-hundred eighty-nine children sustaining a >or=40% total body surface area burn were divided into females (n = 76) and males (n = 113).
Authors
Jeschke MG; Mlcak RP; Finnerty CC; Norbury WB; Przkora R; Kulp GA; Gauglitz GG; Zhang X-J; Herndon DN
Journal
Annals of Surgery, Vol. 248, No. 1, pp. 126–136
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
July 2008
DOI
10.1097/sla.0b013e318176c4b3
ISSN
0003-4932