Does the Time of Solitary Rapid Response Team Call Affect Patient Outcome?

Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the effect of a single after-hours rapid response team (RRT) calls on patient outcome.

Design: A retrospective cohort study of RRT-call data over a 3-year period.

Setting: A 600-bedded, tertiary referral, public university hospital.

Approach to the Coagulopathic Patient in the Intensive Care Unit.

Key learning objectives: Evaluating patients with coagulopathy in intensive careManaging coagulopathy in intensive careUnderstand the complications and limitations of various therapies Singh MY. Approach to the Coagulopathic Patient in the Intensive Care Unit. Indian J Crit Care Med 2019;23(Suppl 3):S215-S220.

Does after-hours discharge of ICU patients influence outcome?

Objective: To assess the frequency of after-hours discharges of patients from the intensive care unit and its effect on in-hospital mortality.

Design, Setting And Participants: Observational cohort study conducted in the ICU of Westmead Hospital, a tertiary care teaching hospital in Sydney. All adult patients admitted to the ICU between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2006 were included in the study cohort.