Effect of day of the week on short- and long-term mortality after emergency general surgery.
Gillies MA, Lone NI, Pearse RM, et al. Effect of day of the week on short- and long-term mortality after emergency general surgery. Br J Surg. 2017;104(7):936-945. doi:10.1002/bjs.10507.
Prior research supports the existence of a weekend effect across numerous health care outcomes. However, in this observational study, the day of the week had no impact on the short- or long-term mortality of patients after emergency general surgery.