MedicineSwiss men are more likely to survive a cardiac arrest than women
SDA
3.2.2025 - 15:51
Women who suffer a cardiac arrest are at a disadvantage in Switzerland. (archive picture)
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In Switzerland, women have a worse chance of surviving a cardiac arrest than men. They are admitted to intensive care units less often and receive less advanced treatment there, a new study shows.
Keystone-SDA
03.02.2025, 15:51
SDA
Researchers from the University of Basel and the University Hospital Basel analyzed data from around 42,000 patients who suffered a cardiac arrest throughout Switzerland, as the University Hospital announced on Monday. The data was collected between 2008 and 2022.
Overall, women who survived a cardiac arrest had a higher risk of dying later on compared to men, as the results published in the journal "Critical Care" show. While almost 42 percent of women died, only 36 percent of men did.
Unconscious thought patterns
Women were 18 percent less likely to be admitted to an intensive care unit. Invasive treatments such as cardiac catheterization were also performed less frequently in women than in men. While around 45 percent of women were examined or treated with such invasive methods, the figure for men was 54 percent.
The authors cite various reasons for this disparity. These include biological differences, socio-cultural factors and unconscious thought patterns that favor men