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Anaesthesia

Title:		Postoperative 'minor' complications. Comparison between men and women
Author(s):		Myles, P. S. Hunt, J. O. Moloney, J. T.
Address:		Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
Year:		1997 Apr
Journal Title:		Anaesthesia
Page Number:		300-6
Language:		eng
Volume:		52
Issue:		4
ISSN/ISBN:		0003-2409 (Print). 0003-2409 (Linking)
Abstract:		We compared the incidence of postoperative complications in women (vs. men) in 4173 patients. Overall, women were almost twice as likely to report any postoperative complication (RR = 1.92, p < 0.0005). Specifically, they were 2.6 times more likely to report nausea and vomiting (p < 0.0005), 1.5 times more likely to report score throat (p = 0.0001), 2.3 times more likely to report headache (p < 0.0005) and 2.4 times more likely to report backache (p = 0.0036). Whether these gender differences are due to a reporting bias, or whether in fact women are at greater risk of such complications, remains to be determined.