Background The concept of a weekend effect, poorer outcomes for patients admitted to
hospitals at the weekend is not new, but is the focus of debate in England. Many studies …

Purpose The 30-day mortality rate after hip fracture surgery has been considered as an
indirect indicator of the quality of care. The aim of this work is to analyse preoperative and …

1280 PV Giannoudis et al./Injury, Int. J. Care Injured 48 (2017) 1279–1282 received during
the resuscitative attempts can also influence lactate levels. More over, Pape et al …

Importance Because variation in care on weekends has been reported in many surgical
fields, it is of interest if variations were noted for care patterns of rhegmatogenous retinal …

Background: The utilization of medical imaging continues to rise, including routine use in
major trauma centers. The aims of this study were to estimate the amount of radiation …

Background The presence of a “weekend effect”, that is, increased morbidity/mortality for
patients admitted to the hospital on a weekend, has been reported in numerous studies …

Background Previous studies have shown that some patient groups suffer adverse
outcomes if they are acutely admitted to hospital over a weekend. We aimed to investigate …

Purpose The “out-of-hours effect,” which indicates hospital admittance during weekends or
nighttime, has poorer outcomes for patients than for those admitted on weekdays and is …

Introduction It is only in recent years that major trauma systems and networks have been
operating in the UK. High-quality data is available from the Trauma Audit and Research …

Background In this study, we primarily investigated whether ICU admission or ICU stay at
weekends (Saturday and Sunday) is associated with a different risk of ICU mortality or …