CMAJ • December 4, 2007; 177 (12). First published November 14, 2007; doi:10.1503/cmaj.071112
© 2007 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors
All editorial matter in CMAJ represents the opinions of the authors and not necessarily those of the Canadian Medical Association.
This Article
Right arrow Abstract
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Résumé
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Fowler, R. A.
Right arrow Articles by Martin, C. M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Fowler, R. A., MDCM MS
Right arrow Articles by Martin, C. M., MD MSc
Related Collections
Right arrow Other women's health
Right arrow Adult
Right arrowRelated Articles

Sex-and age-based differences in the delivery and outcomes of critical care

Robert A. Fowler, MDCM MS, Natasha Sabur, MD, Ping Li, PhD, David N. Juurlink, MD MSc, Ruxandra Pinto, PhD, Michelle A. Hladunewich, MD MS, Neill K.J. Adhikari, MDCM MS, William J. Sibbald, MD MPH and Claudio M. Martin, MD MSc

From the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine (Fowler, Adhikari, Sibbald) and the Department of Medicine (Fowler, Juurlink, Hladunewich, Adhikari, Sibbald), University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.; the Faculty of Medicine (Sabur), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; the Institute of Clinical and Evaluative Sciences (Li, Juurlink), Toronto, Ont.; the Department of Critical Care Medicine (Pinto) and the Division of Nephrology (Hladunewich), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.; and the Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, and the Centre for Critical Illness Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Science Centre (Martin), London, Ont.


View this table:
[in this window]
[in a new window]

  		Table 1.

 

Figure 117
View larger version (25K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]

  		Figure 1: Age and sex distribution of 24 778 patients admitted to intensive care units at study hospitals in Ontario between Jan. 1, 2000, and Dec. 31, 2001. Figures were adjusted for known sex-specific population differences in the overall Ontario population and are expressed as admission rates per 100 000 of the Ontario population, by sex and age decade.

 

View this table:
[in this window]
[in a new window]

  		Table 2.

 

View this table:
[in this window]
[in a new window]

  		Table 3.

 

View this table:
[in this window]
[in a new window]

  		Table 4.

 

Figure 217
View larger version (27K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]

  		Figure 2: Unadjusted and adjusted hazard ratios for risk of death among critically ill women (v. men) admitted to intensive care units (ICUs). (Adjustments were for Charlson Comorbidity Index score, APACHE III score [severity of illness], source of ICU admission and diagnosis on ICU admission.)

 

View this table:
[in this window]
[in a new window]

  		Appendix 1.