Sex Disparities in the Clinical Management and Outcomes of Critically Ill Adults Undergoing Electroencephalography Monitoring

Key Points

• To investigate sex disparities in clinical management and outcomes of critically ill adults undergoing electroencephalography.
• Analysis of clinical management practices and outcomes for critically ill adults requiring electroencephalography monitoring.
• Comparison of mortality rates between men and women.
• Examination of long-term functional outcomes in surviving women.
• Both critically ill men and women received similar clinical management.
• There were comparable mortality rates for men and women.
• Long-term functional outcomes were worse for surviving women compared to men.

Abstract