Does "off-hours" admission affect burn patient outcome?

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1092-1096

  Taira, Breena R ^a   Meng, Hongdao ^a   Goodman, Melody S ^a   Singer, Adam J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Admission timing; Burn outcomes; Burns; Off hours; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BURN PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STUDENT T TEST; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; BURNS; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350566121     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.04.023     Document Type: Article

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