Background: Medical care at night for patients with do-not-resuscitate orders and the
practice patterns of the on-call residents have rarely been reported. Aim: To evaluate the …

Background: There is conflicting evidence on the association between afterhours discharge
from the intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital mortality. We examined the effects of …

PURPOSE: We sought to determine whether there is a mortality difference when comparing
patients admitted to the intensive care unit after-hours under direct care of board-certified …

Background Emergency department (ED) crowding is a significant challenge to providing
safe and quality care to patients. We know that hospital and ED crowding is exacerbated on …

Background Formal writing of do not resuscitate (DNR) orders first appeared in the literature
in the late 20 th century. Recently, providers have also noticed the presence of partial DNR …

Objectives: Code status specifies the action that healthcare providers should take in the
event of cardiac arrest. Studies have shown, however, that patients with do-not …

Anaesth Intensive Care 2007; 35: 475-476 severity of illness at the time of discharge, do
they suffer similar problems (such as altered conscious state, cardiovascular instability) that …

Objectives: To evaluate the outcomes of hospitalized patients with do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders and to identify variables that may elucidate the high mortality of patients with DNR …

Abstract Background: Hospital at Night (H@ N) is a Department of Health (England) driven
programme being widely implemented across UK. It aims to redefine how medical cover is …

RESULTS 10,211 discharges were recorded. Median age was 63 years (range 17-102),
61% male, 56% required mechanical ventilation, median APACHE III risk of death was …