Warum Chirurgen rothaarige Patienten mit Skepsis betrachten...

Traditionally, surgeons and anaes­thetists regard red haired patients with some trepidation because of their reputation for excessive bleed­ing, a reduced pain threshold, and an, albeit anecdotal, increased tendency to develop hernias. An estimated 1% to 2% of the general population worldwide has the phenotype for red hair, increasing to between 2% and 6% in the northern hemisphere.  The typical phenotype associated with red hair is fair skin, freckles, and...Mehr