Females at a Clear Disadvantage with Postoperative Myocardial Infarction Symptoms
Sonja Guethoff, Rebekka Kraft, Matthias Riege, Carola Grinninger, Kara Krajewski · 2024
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Sonja Guethoff and co-authors report a 2024 study of gender bias in spotting heart attacks after surgery. Heart disease is the top killer of women, and bias in care is a growing concern. No prior study had tested whether surgeons read post-surgery heart attack signs differently by patient sex.
The team sent an online case story to clinicians, randomly assigning the patient as male or female. In all, 205 surveys were analyzed. A heart attack was named first for 55.6 percent of male cases but only 32.0 percent of female cases. Heart tests were ordered far more often for the male version too. Female surgeons named the diagnosis about twice as often as male surgeons. Training level mattered as well, with certified surgeons catching up by the survey's end.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sonja Guethoff, Rebekka Kraft, Matthias Riege, Carola Grinninger, Kara Krajewski |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |