Association between ICU admission during off-hours and in-hospital mortality: a multicenter registry in Japan

ConclusionsICU admissions during off-hours were associated with lower in-hospital mortality in Japan. These results were against our expectations and raised some concerns for a possible imbalance between ICU staffing and workload during office-hours. Further studies with a sufficient dataset required for comparing with other countries are warranted in the future.
Source: Journal of Intensive Care - Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research