Abstract Introduction Intensive care units (ICUs) are increasingly adopting 24-hour
intensivist physician staffing. Although nighttime intensivist staffing does not consistently …

Background Epidemiological studies have provided inconsistent results on whether
intensive care unit (ICU) discharge at night and on weekends is associated with an …

Introduction The relationship between admission time and intensive care unit (ICU) mortality
is inconclusive and influenced by various factors. This study aims to estimate the effect of …

Background Admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) outside daytime hours has been
shown to be variably associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We aimed to …

Background Hospitals are increasingly adopting 24-hour intensivist physician staffing as a
strategy to improve intensive care unit (ICU) outcomes. However, the degree to which …

Introduction Caring for the critically ill is a 24-hour-a-day responsibility, but not all resources
and staff are available during off hours. We evaluated whether intensive care unit (ICU) …

During the past 50 years, caring for the critically ill has become increasingly complex and
the need for an intensivist has become more evident. Management by intensivists has …

Methods The database of a 15-bed medico-surgical ICU of a teaching hospital was
retrospectively interrogated from the period 1 October 2007 to 31 July 2009. Patients who …

Introduction The adverse effects of delayed admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) have
been recognized in previous studies. However, the definitions of delayed admission vary …

Background Known colloquially as the “weekend effect,” the association between weekend
admissions and increased mortality within hospital settings has become a highly contested …