Chest
The most recent articles from:
Chest
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Multicenter Study
Nighttime Intensivist Staffing, Mortality, and Limits on Life Support: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Evidence regarding nighttime physician staffing of ICUs is suboptimal. We aimed to determine how nighttime physician staffing models influence patient outcomes. ⋯ We found little evidence that nighttime physician staffing models affect patient outcomes. ICUs without physicians at night may exhibit reduced hospital mortality that is possibly attributable to differences in end-of-life care practices.