Study: Weekend hospital patients more likely to die
Patients who are injured on the weekend are more likely
to have a fatal outcome than those who are hospitalized on a weekday, a Johns
Hopkins study found.
The review of 38,675 patient medical records found that
older adults who suffer head trauma over the weekend are more likely to die
than their counterparts who are injured during the workweek, according to a
news release.
The head injuries were more likely to be fatal even if
they were less severe or the patient had fewer comorbidities than someone
similarly hospitalized on a weekday, the study found.
The results, which were published online in the Journal
of Surgical Research, echoed what is already a well-known "weekend
effect" in heart attack, stroke and aneurism care.
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