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Gender and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Critically Injured Adults: A Prospective Study

Daithi S. Heffernan,Lesly A. Dossett,Michelle Lightfoot,Richard D. Fremont,Lorraine B. Ware,Robert G. Sawyer+1 more-2011-10-01-The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care
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Women are more likely than men to develop ARDS after critical injury. Despite the increased incidence in ARDS, the mortality in patients with ARDS does not differ according to gender. The inflammatory properties of sex hormones may contribute to ARDS, but they do not fully explain observed gender differences.

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Women are more likely than men to develop ARDS after critical injury. Despite the increased incidence in ARDS, the mortality in patients with ARDS does not differ according to gender. The inflammatory properties of sex hormones may contribute to ARDS, but they do not fully explain observed gender differences.

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ARDSMedicineOdds ratioProspective cohort studyIntensive care unitInjury Severity ScoreMortality rateCohort study

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