2017
Sex as a Biological Variable in Emergency Medicine Research and Clinical Practice: A Brief Narrative Review
McGregor AJ, Beauchamp GA, Wira CR, Perman SM, Safdar B. Sex as a Biological Variable in Emergency Medicine Research and Clinical Practice: A Brief Narrative Review. Western Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2017, 18: 1079-1090. PMID: 29085541, PMCID: PMC5654878, DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2017.8.34997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical practiceAcute ischemic strokeAcute myocardial infarctionEmergency medicineBrief narrative reviewSex-based researchEmergency medicine researchIschemic strokeTherapy administrationPatient sexMyocardial infarctionEmergency carePatient careNarrative reviewEvidence-based researchCase-based scenariosNational InstituteBiological variablesCareSexMedicine researchSABVInfarctionBody of literatureStrokeNeurology Concepts: Young Women and Ischemic Stroke—Evaluation and Management in the Emergency Department
Chang BP, Wira C, Miller J, Akhter M, Barth BE, Willey J, Nentwich L, Madsen T. Neurology Concepts: Young Women and Ischemic Stroke—Evaluation and Management in the Emergency Department. Academic Emergency Medicine 2017, 25: 54-64. PMID: 28646558, PMCID: PMC6415947, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic strokeYoung womenEmergency departmentRisk factorsSex-specific risk factorsIschemic stroke evaluationAcute ischemic strokeOral contraceptive useBoard-certified emergency physiciansPremenopausal womenAcute settingBroad differentialCerebral hemorrhageStroke evaluationVascular neurologistsNonpregnant individualsPostpartum periodLeading causeEmergency physiciansTimely diagnosisContraceptive useThrombolytic agentsCurrent evidenceStrokeOlder population
2014
Gender Differences in Neurologic Emergencies Part I: A Consensus Summary and Research Agenda on Cerebrovascular Disease
Madsen TE, Seigel TA, Mackenzie RS, Marcolini EG, Wira CR, Healy ME, Wright DW, Gentile NT. Gender Differences in Neurologic Emergencies Part I: A Consensus Summary and Research Agenda on Cerebrovascular Disease. Academic Emergency Medicine 2014, 21: 1403-1413. PMID: 25422086, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12528.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeurologic emergencySubarachnoid hemorrhageEmergency departmentCause of deathPathophysiologic differencesHemorrhagic strokeCerebrovascular diseaseED providersOverall management planPatient evaluationED diagnosisEmergency physiciansGender differencesRole of sexNominal group techniqueOutcomes pertinentConsensus summaryDiagnosisMigraineSexStrokeEmergencyFuture research prioritiesTreatmentResearch priorities