No blood culture examinations during off-hours?

Outcome of primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction during routine duty hours versus during off-hours.

OBJECTIVES We sought to investigate the impact of circadian patterns in the onset of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) on the practice of primary angioplasty. BACKGROUND A circadian variation in the time of onset of AMI with a peak in the morning hours has been described. METHODS We studied 1,702 consecutive patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary...

The first few hours off a respirator.

Depression as another possible explanation for worse outcomes in myocardial infarction during off-hours.

We read with great interest the findings of Henriques et al. (1) regarding worse clinical outcomes for acute myocardial infarction (MI) patients treated with primary angioplasty during off-hours. In their otherwise excellent study, the investigators failed to measure depression or to mention it as another possible reason for the increased rates of failed angioplasty and 30-day mortality observe...

A Cross-Clustered Model of Home-Based Work Participation Frequency During Traditionally Off-Work Hours

The objective of this paper is to shed light on the determinants of working from home beyond the traditional office-based work hours. Specifically, we examine the frequency of work participation from home for individuals who also have the traditional work pattern of traveling to an out-of-home work place with a fixed number of work hours at the out-of-home work place. The sample for the empiric...

Outcome of patients admitted during off hours in Moroccan intensive care unit

BACKGROUND The first few hours after intensive care unit (ICU) admission, where a patient's condition is stabilized and treatment plans are formulated, are crucial to patient outcome. Although admission of patients who are unstable to ICU occurs 24 hours a day, not all units maintain the same level of staffing during off hours. We evaluated whether ICU admission during off hours affects mortali...