Transgender and Nonbinary Patients and Perioperative Scoring Systems: It Is Time for Inclusion

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Mount Sinai Morningside and West Hospitals, New York, New York.
³ Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Kara G Segna et al. JAMA Surg. 2023.

. 2023 Jul 1;158(7):681-682.

doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.0259.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Mount Sinai Morningside and West Hospitals, New York, New York.
³ Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

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This Viewpoint advocates for inclusion of nonbinary and transgender reporting in medical research and practice.