Effect of Admission and Discharge Times on Hospital Mortality in Patients With Sepsis
Authors' conclusion
ICU admission/discharge time and weekend admission were not independent risk factors of hospital mortality in critically ill patients with sepsis.
Study context
- Population
- Consecutive septic patients admitted to the emergency, general or cardiovascular ICU of a tertiary teaching hospital in China
- Participants
- 1,341 consecutive septic patients
- Exposure
- ICU admission/discharge time and weekend admission
- Outcome
- Hospital mortality
Methodological detailssingle-centre, multivariate logistic regression
- Single-centre
- Multivariate logistic regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
ICU mortality
Patient to nurse (P/N) ratio at admission
- P/N ratio at admission significantly associated with mortality
- P < 0.05
- P/N ratio and compliance with the Surviving Sepsis Campaign significantly correlated
Original publication
Effect of Admission and Discharge Times on Hospital Mortality in Patients With Sepsis. Crit Care Med. Published 27 December 2022. doi:10.
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