Nighttime cross-coverage is associated with decreased intensive care unit mortality. A single-center study.

Andre Carlos Kajdacsy-Balla Amaral; Bernardo S. Barros; Camilla C P P Barros; Cameron Innes; Ruxandra Pinto; Gordon D. Rubenfeld

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Nighttime cross-coverage is associated with decreased intensive care unit mortality. A single-center study.

September 3, 2014

Amaral ACK-B, Barros BS, Barros CCPP, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014;189(11):1395-401.

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This study revealed that cross-coverage, in which physicians care for patients they have learned about through handoffs, was associated with lower mortality in the intensive care unit. This finding counters persisting concerns about harm related to discontinuity of care. The authors suggest that an independent assessment by a second physician may mitigate cognitive errors.

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