The weekend effect in kidney transplantation outcomes: A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether kidney transplants performed during weekends have worse outcomes than those performed during weekdays.

Methods

For this systematic review, PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library (January 2000 to January 2023) were searched. We examined the survival rates of patients and grafts for hospital inpatients admitted during weekends and those admitted during weekdays. To be included, the study had to be in English and had to provide discrete survival data around weekends versus weekdays, including patients who were admitted as inpatients over the weekend.

Results

Five studies (n = 163,506 patients) were examined. The hazards ratio (HR) of the survival rate of patients with weekend transplantation was 1.01 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.96 to

SUBMITTER: Wang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10275449 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature