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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