2022
Health status outcomes after spontaneous coronary artery dissection and comparison with other acute myocardial infarction: The VIRGO experience
Murugiah K, Chen L, Dreyer RP, Bouras G, Safdar B, Khera R, Lu Y, Spatz ES, Ng VG, Gupta A, Bueno H, Tweet MS, Spertus JA, Hayes SN, Lansky A, Krumholz HM. Health status outcomes after spontaneous coronary artery dissection and comparison with other acute myocardial infarction: The VIRGO experience. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0265624. PMID: 35320296, PMCID: PMC8942215, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265624.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpontaneous coronary artery dissectionAcute myocardial infarctionAMI patientsCoronary artery dissectionYoung AMI patientsHealth status outcomesHealth status instrumentsSCAD patientsArtery dissectionMyocardial infarctionStatus outcomesPatientsOutcomesHousehold incomeCollege educationInfarction
2021
Sex- or Gender-specific Differences in the Clinical Presentation, Outcome, and Treatment of SARS-CoV-2
Wolfe J, Safdar B, Madsen TE, Sethuraman KN, Becker B, Greenberg MR, McGregor AJ. Sex- or Gender-specific Differences in the Clinical Presentation, Outcome, and Treatment of SARS-CoV-2. Clinical Therapeutics 2021, 43: 557-571.e1. PMID: 33583576, PMCID: PMC7833665, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2021.01.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmunologic responseBody's immunologic responseCOVID-19 presentationComplications of infectionSARS-CoV-2Influence of hormonesGender-specific differencesClinical presentationLaboratory presentationOutcomesSex differencesSexBody responseInfectionTreatmentPresentationGender differencesResponseComplicationsDifferencesHormonePrevention
2014
Sex‐ and Gender‐specific Research Priorities in Cardiovascular Resuscitation: Proceedings from the 2014 Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference Cardiovascular Resuscitation Research Workgroup
Wigginton JG, Perman SM, Barr GC, McGregor AJ, Miller AC, Napoli A, Safdar B, Weaver KR, Deutsch S, Kayea T, Becker L. Sex‐ and Gender‐specific Research Priorities in Cardiovascular Resuscitation: Proceedings from the 2014 Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference Cardiovascular Resuscitation Research Workgroup. Academic Emergency Medicine 2014, 21: 1343-1349. PMID: 25491706, PMCID: PMC6406034, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12541.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac arrestCardiac resuscitationCardiovascular resuscitationPatient outcomesConsensus conferenceHospital cardiac arrest epidemiologyWithdrawal of careCardiovascular Outcomes ResearchSudden cardiac arrestGender-specific researchAcademic Emergency Medicine consensus conferenceDismal prognosisResuscitation drugsSex steroidsGender-specific issuesDisease processCardiopulmonary resuscitation trainingResuscitationTreatment roleEmergency medicineResuscitation trainingTemperature managementOutcomes researchOutcomesSex
2013
Focusing a Gender Lens on Emergency Medicine Research: 2012 Update
McGregor AJ, Greenberg M, Safdar B, Seigel T, Hendrickson R, Poznanski S, Davenport M, Miner J, Choo EK. Focusing a Gender Lens on Emergency Medicine Research: 2012 Update. Academic Emergency Medicine 2013, 20: 313-320. PMID: 23517266, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12085.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Inclusion of Gender in Emergency Medicine Research
Safdar B, McGregor AJ, McKee SA, Ali A, Radulescu R, Himelfarb NT, Klein MR, Mazure CM. Inclusion of Gender in Emergency Medicine Research. Academic Emergency Medicine 2011, 18: e1-e4. PMID: 21314767, DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00978.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth outcomesEmergency departmentOdds ratioEmergency medicineConfidence intervalsEffect of genderPrimary hypothesisEmergency medical servicesGender-specific approachEmergency medicine researchAcute settingAdult human subjectsCardiovascular diseaseEmergency physiciansEmergency careManagement of diseasesStudy subjectsClinical specialistsPatient careStudy designStudy periodChi-squareMedical servicesOutcomesHuman subjects