A randomized trial of nighttime physician staffing in an intensive care unit.

Meeta Prasad Kerlin; Dylan S Small; Elizabeth Cooney; Barry D Fuchs; Lisa M Bellini; Mark E Mikkelsen; William D Schweickert; Rita N Bakhru; Nicole B Gabler; Michael O Harhay; John Hansen-Flaschen; Scott Halpern

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A randomized trial of nighttime physician staffing in an intensive care unit.

June 5, 2013

Kerlin MP, Small DS, Cooney E, et al. N Engl J Med. 2013;368(23):2201-9.

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Around-the-clock staffing with faculty intensive care specialists did not improve clinical outcomes in a medical intensive care unit, compared with the traditional staffing model of daytime-only attending physicians.

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