Neurologic Recovery in Men Versus Women Possibly Due to Reduced Return of Spontaneous Circulation: Beware of Potential Confounders!

The authors reply

“…The letter by Honore et al (1) suggested that the late neurologic recovery in male sex in our recently published article (2) in Critical Care Medicine may be confounded by less prehospital return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and potentially less bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in female cardiac arrest victims. Several studies have been quoted to support a sex disparity in receiving bystander CPR during cardiac arrest (3, 4).…”