Does out-of-hours discharge from an ICU increase in-hospital mortality and ICU readmission rates?
Out-of-hours discharge from the ICU is associated with increased in-hospital mortality and ICU readmission, highlighting a potential risk period in patient care transitions.
Out-of-hours discharge from an ICU is strongly associated with both in-hospital death and ICU readmission. These effects persisted across all definitions of "out of hours" and across healthcare systems in different geographical locations. Whether these increases in mortality and readmission result from patient differences, differences in care, or a combination remains unclear.
Vollam et al. (Mon,) studied this question.
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