Open AccessGender Differences in Human Sepsis
Author(s) -
Jörg Schröder,
Volker Kahlke,
K. H. Staubach,
P. Zabel,
Frank Stüber
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.133.11.1200
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , proinflammatory cytokine , prospective cohort study , hormone , gastroenterology , intensive care unit , organ dysfunction , inflammation
In animal studies, gender differences were related to hormonal and immunologic changes that were associated with an increased susceptibility to sepsis in males.