Full Description
This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, guest-edited by Dr. Margaret Pisani, is focused on Gender and Respiratory Disease. Topics discussed in this issue include but are not limited to: What are sex and gender and how can we study their impact in respiratory disease?, Sex differences in respiratory physiology, Impact of gender on social determinants of health, Gender differences in obstructive sleep apnea, Impact of gender on sleep disorders across the lifespan, Differences between men and women with COPD, Women and Lung Cancer, Pulmonary considerations in pregnant women and Asthma in women-gender specific considerations.
Contents
An Overview of Sex and Gender in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Stress and Loss of Ovarian Function: Novel Insights into the Origins of Sex-Based Differences in the Manifestations of Respiratory Control Disorders During Sleep
The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Gender Disparities Within Respiratory Medicine
Sex Differences in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Impact of Sex on Sleep Disorders Across the Lifespan
Differences Between Men and Women with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Sex Differences and the Role of Sex Hormones in Pulmonary Hypertension
Women and Lung Cancer
Pulmonary Considerations for Pregnant Women
Unique Aspects of Asthma in Women
Lung Diseases Unique to Women
Challenges Faced by Women with Cystic Fibrosis
Interstitial Lung Diseases and the Impact of Gender
Gender Differences in Critical Illness and Critical Care Research
Pharmacology Considerations in Women in Lung Disease and Critical Care
