Traumatic injury among females: does gender matter?

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El-Menyar, Ayman
El-Hennawy, Hany
Al-Thani, Hassan
Asim, Mohammad
Abdelrahman, Husham
Zarour, Ahmad
Parchani, Ashok
Peralta, Ruben
Latifi, Rifat
Affiliation
Clinical Research, Trauma Surgery Section, Hamad General Hospital, PO Box 3050, Doha, Qatar
Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical School, Doha, Qatar
Internal Medicine, Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
Trauma Surgery Section, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
Department of Surgery, Arizona University, Tucson, AZ, USA
Issue Date
2014
Keywords
Trauma
Gender
Injury mechanisms
Female

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BioMed Central
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El-Menyar et al. Journal of Trauma Management & Outcomes 2014, 8:8 http://www.traumamanagement.org/content/8/1/8
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Journal of Trauma Management & Outcomes
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© 2014 El-Menyar et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
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Abstract
BACKGROUND:Trauma remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Generally, the incidence of traumatic injuries is disproportionately high in males. However, trauma in females is underreported.AIM:To study the epidemiology and outcome of different mechanisms and types of traumatic injuries in women.METHODS:We conducted a traditional narrative review using PubMed, MEDLINE and EMBASE, searching for English-language publications for gender-specific trauma between January 1993 and January 2013 using key words "trauma", "gender", "female" and "women".RESULTS:Among 1150 retrieved articles, 71 articles were relevant over 20 years. Although it is an important public health problem, traumatic injuries among females remain under-reported.CONCLUSION:There is a need for further research and evaluation of the exact burden of traumatic injuries among females together with the implementation of effective community based preventive programs.
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1752-2897
DOI
10.1186/1752-2897-8-8
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Final published version
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