Does Gender Impact Intensity of Care Provided to Older Medical Intensive Care Unit Patients?

Introduction. Women receive less aggressive critical care than men based on prior studies. No documented studies evaluate whether men and women are treated equally in the medical intensive care unit (MICU). The Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System-28 (TISS-28) has been used to examine gender diff...

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Main Authors: Kathleen M. Akgün, Terrence E. Murphy, Katy L. B. Araujo, Peter H. Van Ness, Margaret Pisani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Critical Care Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/404608
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