Effect of holiday admission for acute aortic dissection on in-hospital mortality in Japan: A nationwide study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients admitted on weekends have higher mortality than those admitted on weekdays. However, whether the "weekend effect" results in a higher mortality after admission for acute aortic dissection (AAD),-classified according to Stanford types-remains unclear. This study aimed to examine the association between admission day and in-hospital mortality in AAD Type A and B.

Methods

We used data from the Japanese registry of all Cardiac and Vascular Diseases Diagnostic Procedure Combination, a nationwide claim-based database with data from 953 certified hospitals, and enrolled in-patients with AAD admitted between April 1, 2012, and March 31, 2016. Based on the admission day, we stratified patients into groups (Weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays/holidays). The influence

SUBMITTER: Kato K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8601417 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature