The relationship between out-of-hours admission to icu and patient outcome
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Methods Retrospective cohort study (n = 9092) of patients aged between 17-98 years, admitted to SASH ICU between Dec 1992-Dec 2014 were categorised into out-of-hours (17:0008:00) or in-hours (08:00-17:00) admission. Mortality rates in each group were calculated. Elective surgical admissions were excluded. Statistical Analysis: Categorical data, analysed using Fisher’s, Chi-Square and 2 × 2 contingency tables.
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