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Will surgeries performed at night lead to worse outcomes? Findings from a trauma center in Riyadh.

Abstract：

:As surgeries are performed around the clock, the time of surgery might have an impact on outcomes. Our aim is to investigate the impact of daytime and nighttime shifts on surgeons and their performance. We believe that such studies are important to enhance the quality of surgeries and their outcomes and help understand the effects of time of the day on surgeons and the surgeries they perform.A retrospective cohort study was conducted using the database from the King Abdulaziz Medical City trauma center. We selected 330 cases of patients between 2015 and 2018, who underwent a trauma intervention surgery within 24 hours after admission. Patients were aged 15 years and above who underwent 1 or more of the following trauma interventions: neurosurgery, general surgery, plastic surgery, vascular surgery, orthopedics, ophthalmology, and/or otolaryngology. We divided the work hours into 3 shifts: 8 AM to 3:59 PM, 4 PM to 11:59 PM, and midnight to 7:59 AM.Participants' mean age was 31.4 (standard deviation ± 13) years. Most surgeries occurred on weekdays (68.4%). Complications were one and a half times more on weekends, with 5 complicated cases on weekends (1.55%) and 3 (0.9%) on weekdays. Half of all surgeries were performed in the morning (152 cases, 53.15%); 73 surgeries (25.5%) were performed in the evening and 61 (21.3%) were performed late at night. Surgeries performed during late-night shifts were marginally better. Complications occurred in 4 out of 152 morning surgeries (2.6%), 2 out of 73 evening surgeries (2.7%), and only 1 out of 61 late-night surgeries (1.6%). The earlier comparison scored a P-value of >.99, suggesting that patients in morning and evening surgeries were twice more likely to experience complications than late-night surgeries.This study may support previous research that there is little difference in outcomes between daytime and nighttime surgeries. The popular belief that rested physicians are better physicians requires further assessment and research.

journal_name

Medicine (Baltimore)

journal_title

Medicine

authors

Alnajashi SS,Alayed SA,Al-Nasher SM,Aldebasi B,Khan MM

doi

10.1097/MD.0000000000020273

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-08-07 00:00:00

pages

e20273

issue

eissn

0025-7974

issn

1536-5964

pii

00005792-202008070-00001

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Will surgeries performed at night lead to worse outcomes? Findings from a trauma center in Riyadh.