目的:探讨麻醉师性别与术后结局的关系。
背景:患者术后结局存在差异,取决于主刀医生是男性还是女性,在女性外科医生治疗的患者中观察到更好的结果。术中麻醉师的性别是否与术后患者预后差异相关尚不清楚。
方法:我们进行了基于人群的,2007-2019年在安大略省接受25例常见选择性或紧急外科手术之一的成年患者的回顾性队列研究,加拿大。我们评估了术中麻醉医师的性别与术后不良结局的主要终点之间的关联,定义为死亡,重新接纳,或使用广义估计方程在手术后30天内出现并发症。
结果:在由3,006名外科医生和1,477名麻醉师治疗的1,165,711名患者中,311,822(26.7%)接受了女性麻醉师的护理,853,889(73.3%)接受了男性麻醉师的护理。总的来说,10.8%的患者经历了一种或多种术后不良结局,其中1.1%死亡。男性麻醉医师治疗的患者的复合主要终点的多变量校正率(10.6%)高于女性麻醉医师(10.4%;校正比值比1.02,95%CI1.00-1.05,P=0.048)。
结论:在一项大型队列研究中,我们证明术中麻醉医师的性别与患者术后短期结局之间存在显著关联。这项研究支持越来越多的女性从业者改善患者预后的文献。为什么男性和女性医生之间的结果不同的潜在机制仍然难以捉摸,需要进一步深入研究。
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association of anesthesiologist sex on postoperative outcomes.
BACKGROUND: Differences in patient postoperative outcomes exist, depending on whether the primary surgeon is male or female, with better outcomes seen among patients treated by female surgeons. Whether the intraoperative anesthesiologist\'s sex is associated with differential postoperative patient outcomes is unknown.
METHODS: We performed a population-based, retrospective cohort
study among adult patients undergoing one of 25 common elective or emergent surgical procedures from 2007 to 2019 in Ontario, Canada. We assessed the association between the sex of the intraoperative anesthesiologist and the primary end point of the adverse postoperative outcome, defined as death, readmission, or complication within 30 days after surgery, using generalized estimating equations.
RESULTS: Among 1,165,711 patients treated by 3006 surgeons and 1477
anesthesiologists, 311,822 (26.7%) received care from a female anesthesiologist and 853,889 (73.3%) from a male anesthesiologist. Overall, 10.8% of patients experienced one or more adverse postoperative outcomes, of whom 1.1% died. Multivariable adjusted rates of the composite primary end point were higher among patients treated by male
anesthesiologists (10.6%) compared with female
anesthesiologists (10.4%; adjusted odds ratio 1.02, 95% CI: 1.00-1.05, P =0.048).
CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated a significant association between sex of the intraoperative anesthesiologist and patient short-term outcomes after surgery in a large cohort study. This
study supports the growing literature of improved patient outcomes among female practitioners. The underlying mechanisms of why outcomes differ between male and female physicians remain elusive and require further in-depth study.