Meta-Analysis: Out-Of-Hours Discharge from the ICU, In-Hospital Mortality and Intensive Care Readmission Rates

Out-of-hours discharge from intensive care, in-hospital mortality and intensive care readmission rates: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

“Out-of-hours discharge from an ICU is strongly associated with both in-hospital death and ICU readmission. Whether these increases in mortality and readmission result from patient differences, differences in care, or a combination remains unclear”.