Abstract：
Unravelling the impact of the sex of the anaesthesia provider on the outcomes of patients requires careful statistical analysis and the validity of many assumptions. A recent study in the British Journal of Anaesthesia investigates the effect of anaesthesia provider sex on patient outcomes, using data from two academic healthcare networks in the USA. The authors show that female provider sex was associated with a lower risk of intraoperative complications. They also show that there was no meaningful difference between male and female providers with respect to postoperative outcomes. There have been several recent studies considering the effect of healthcare provider sex on outcomes. We will discuss the interpretation of these results and the validity of the underlying assumptions.
摘要：
了解麻醉提供者的性别对患者结局的影响需要仔细的统计分析和许多假设的有效性。英国麻醉杂志最近的一项研究调查了麻醉提供者性别对患者预后的影响，使用来自美国两个学术医疗保健网络的数据。作者表明，女性提供者的性别与术中并发症的风险较低有关。他们还表明，男性和女性提供者在术后结果方面没有有意义的差异。最近有几项研究考虑了医疗保健提供者性别对结果的影响。我们将讨论这些结果的解释以及基本假设的有效性。
