Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium.
Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anaesthesiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Location Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Crit Care. 2021 Apr 16;25(1):147. doi: 10.1186/s13054-021-03569-7.
There is a large gender gap in critical care medicine with women underrepresented, particularly in positions of leadership. Yet gender diversity better reflects the current critical care community and has multiple beneficial effects at individual and societal levels. In this Viewpoint, we discuss some of the reasons for the persistent gender imbalance in critical care medicine, and suggest some possible strategies to help achieve greater equity and inclusion. An explicit and consistent focus on eliminating gender inequity is needed until gender diversity and inclusion become the norms in critical care medicine.
重症医学领域存在着较大的性别差距，女性代表性不足，尤其是在领导层中。然而，性别多样性更好地反映了当前的重症监护社区，并在个人和社会层面产生了多种有益的影响。在本观点文章中，我们讨论了重症医学领域性别失衡持续存在的一些原因，并提出了一些可能有助于实现更大程度的公平和平等的策略。在重症医学领域实现性别多样性和平等成为规范之前，需要明确和一致地关注消除性别不平等。
