Does "off-hours" admission affect burn patient outcome?
Contrary to studies in other critically ill patient populations, off-hours admission is not predictive of worse outcomes in burn patients.
Because emergency conversion to cardiopulmonary bypass during attempted off-pump coronary bypass surgery results in significantly higher morbidity and mortality, studies comparing off-pump coronary bypass surgery with conventional coronary artery surgery should include converted patients in the off-pump group. In our experience, emergency conversion is an unpredictable event. The incidence of conversion decreases with increasing experience of surgeons in performing off-pump coronary surgery and use of a cardiac positioning device.