Effects of time and day of admission on the outcome of critically ill patients admitted to ICU

• Main Authors: Jose Orsini (Author), Salil Rajayer (Author), Noeen Ahmad (Author), Nanda Din (Author), Joaquin Morante (Author), Ryan Malik (Author), Ahmed Shim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Studies have shown that patients admitted to hospitals on weekends and after-hours experience worse outcome than those admitted on weekdays and daytime hours. Although admissions of patients to intensive care units (ICUs) occur 24 hours a day, not all critical care units maintain the sam...