Gender-associated differences in emergency department XXXX management.

@entity1 @entity10 @entity2613 @entity158
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine whether @entity1 or provider gender is associated with the number, type, and strength of medications received by emergency department @entity1 with @entity10 , @entity158 . DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Stanford University Hospital @entity2613 @entity1 : @entity1 18 years and older who arrived at the @entity2613 with a chief complaint of @entity10 , @entity158 between February 1, 1993, and September 30, 1993. Provider @entity1 included medical students, interns, residents, nurse practitioners, and attending physicians. RESULTS: @entity2613 administration of analgesic versus no analgesic, strength of analgesic administered, and administration of multiple medications. The study group consisted of 190 @entity1 , 110 of them female. The @entity1 were evaluated by 84 providers, 60 of them male. According to the providers surveyed, female @entity1 described more @entity158 than did male @entity1 (P < .01) and were perceived by providers to experience more @entity158 (P = .03). Female @entity1 received more medications (P < .01) and were less likely to receive no medication (P = .01). Female @entity1 also received more potent analgesics (P = .03). Linear and logistic regression analysis showed that @entity1 perception of @entity158 was the strongest predictor of the number and strength of medications given; @entity1 gender was not a predictor. CONCLUSION: Female @entity1 with @entity10 , @entity158 describe more @entity158 and are perceived by providers to have more @entity158 than male @entity1 in the @entity2613 . Female @entity1 also receive more medications and stronger analgesics. In this study, severity of @entity1 @entity158 rather than gender stereotyping appeared to correlate most with @entity158 -management practices.
