Our results show a survival advantage among female patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery despite sex-based disparities in access to surgical care that favors males. Further research is needed to understand the mechanisms underlying these findings.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- healthcare
- minimally invasive
- liver failure
- public health
- emergency department
- free survival
- palliative care
- coronary artery bypass
- affordable care act
- magnetic resonance
- quality improvement
- magnetic resonance imaging
- pain management
- computed tomography
- hepatitis b virus
- surgical site infection
- chronic pain
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- atrial fibrillation
- aortic dissection
- acute respiratory distress syndrome