Irish journal of medical science
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Gender differences have been noted in patients presenting with ST segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) but the reason remained poorly defined. We hypothesize that women presenting with STEMI are associated with poor reperfusion strategies which leads to worse in-hospital outcomes. Our goal is to identify age-stratified gender differences in revascularizations and in-hospital outcomes in patients presented with STEMI. ⋯ Regardless of age, women presenting with STEMI are less likely to receive revascularization and have higher in-hospital mortality, longer length of stay, and more likely to be discharged to other acute care facility.
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The proportion of abstracts presented at medical conferences that are subsequently published is a potentially useful surrogate for the quality of the material presented. The mean publication percentage for paediatric conference abstracts reported in the literature is 39%. The publication of abstracts presented at the Irish Paediatric Association's (IPA) annual conference have not previously been explored. ⋯ The percentage of IPA abstracts that were published was low when compared internationally. Further analysis is required to explore the reasons underpinning this.