Researchers say that a critical mass of female anaesthesiologists and surgeons in operative teams can reduce postoperative complications

Researchers say that a critical mass of female anaesthesiologists and surgeons in operative teams can reduce postoperative complications

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  • Chuymatt@beehaw.org
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    6 months ago

    For those not aware, even 3% is a pretty high reduction rate in complications.

    Your theories make a lot of sense. Thanks for that. I’d love to know the sub-specialty breakdowns as well. Are the female populated teams skewing toward more toward one kind of surgery or the other? I guess it will be a while before we get that info.

    Lots of variables and several potential confounders.

    • ledsEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Could also be that modern big city hospitals are more likely to employ woman compared to some backwater rural hospital that is struggling and had all the worst patients? But they probably corrected for that?