Association of weekend admission with hospital length of stay, time to chemotherapy, and risk for respiratory failure in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed leukemia at freestanding US children's hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In adult patients with leukemia, weekend admission is associated with increased inpatient mortality. It is unknown whether weekend diagnostic admissions in pediatric patients with leukemia demonstrate similar adverse outcomes.

Objective

To estimate adverse clinical outcomes associated with weekend admission in the first hospitalization of pediatric patients with newly diagnosed leukemia.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study from 1999 to 2011 featured index hospital admissions identified from the Pediatric Health Information System database. Participants were children with newly diagnosed acute lymphoid leukemia or acute myeloid leukemia.

Exposures

Weekend (Saturday and Sunday) or weekday index admission.

Main outcomes

SUBMITTER: Goodman EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4404706 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature