Beating the weekend trend: Increased mortality in older adult traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients admitted on weekends
Schneider E, Hirani S, Hambridge H, Haut E, Carlini A, Castillo R, Efron D, Haider A. Beating the weekend trend: Increased mortality in older adult traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients admitted on weekends. Journal Of Surgical Research 2012, 177: 295-300. PMID: 22795343, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.06.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeekend patientsWeekend admissionInjury severityHead traumaAdult traumatic brain injury patientsTraumatic brain injury patientsOlder adultsICDMAP-90 softwareCharlson comorbidity scoreInjury Scale scoreOdds of mortalityNationwide Inpatient SamplePatients meeting criteriaMedian total chargesBrain injury patientsLength of stayHead injury severityWilcoxon rank sumStudent's t-testHead AISComorbidity scoreLess comorbidityLow comorbidityTrauma admissionsInjury patients