Figure 14.1 From the bench to the bedside: translational education Points of Engagement: Creating Culture Change Altering the culture of a one-sex model within medicine will require engagement on many…
Figure 13B.1 The cortisol biosynthesis pathway affected by 21OH deficiency in CAH The most common enzyme deficiency found in children with CAH is 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21OHD), accounting for approximately 95%…
Figure 13C.1 Transgender is an umbrella term (adj.) for people whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from the sex they were assigned at birth Glossary of Terms* Transgender or…
Figure 10.1 Emergency department visits with primary gastrointestinal diagnoses by age and gender. In all the age groups, except for age group 0–5 years, women had more ED visits than…
Figure 8.1 Sagittal T1 weighted MRI image demonstrating an ACL tear (Raukar) Although the ACL can be reconstructed after injury, stabilizing the knee and decreasing “giving way” episodes, reconstruction does…
Figure 6.1 Trauma incidents and case fatality rate by age and gender Age Related Trauma in the elderly is complicated by impaired hemostasis, adverse drug reactions and drug–drug interactions, and…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 13 Special PopulationsA. Old, not Neutered: A Sex and Gender-Based Approach to the Acute Care of Elders Elena Kapilevich and Bruce Becker The Case of…
Figure 12.1 Dose report from a non-contrast CT of the abdomen pelvis for suspected kidney stone. The two reported values are the CT dose index (CTDIvol) and the dose length…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 11 Overcoming Resistance: Importance of Sex and Gender in Acute Infectious Illnesses Erica Hardy, Mitchell Kosanovich and Arvind Venkat Opening Cases A 25-year-old female patient…
Figure 9.1 Pain detection, transmission, and expression The threshold of activation of a nociceptor can be modulated (increased or decreased) by a variety of chemical mediators including prostaglandin, cyclic adenosine…
