WEST LAKE VILLAGE, Calif.—A novel preclinical trauma/sepsis model has revealed sex-based differences in outcomes, with female rats having better results than their male counterparts. The study, presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Surgical Infection Society, could lead to better understanding of the underlying pathophysiology and sexual dimorphism in post-injury sepsis, the study authors reported.
“Our model showed that polytrauma with post-injury sepsis resulted