Hospital mortality among adults admitted to and discharged from intensive care on weekends and evenings

Laupland, Kevin B.; Shahpori, Reza; Kirkpatrick, Andrew W.; Stelfox, H. Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.09.001

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Hospital mortality among adults admitted to and discharged from intensive care on weekends and evenings☆

Kevin B. Laupland, MD, MSc
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary and Calgary Health Region, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 2T9
- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary and Calgary Health Region, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 2T9
- Corresponding author. North Tower, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 2T9. Tel.: +1 403 944 5808; fax: +1 403 944 3199.
Reza Shahpori, BSc
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary and Calgary Health Region, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 2T9
Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, MD, MSc
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary and Calgary Health Region, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 2T9
- Department of Surgery, University of Calgary and Calgary Health Region, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 2T9
H. Thomas Stelfox, MD, PhD
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary and Calgary Health Region, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 2T9

published online 18 April 2008.

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☆ No external funding was received for this study. None of the authors have financial or professional conflicts of interest that would influence the conduct or reporting of this study.

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