Availability of fully staffed GI endoscopy lists at the weekend for inpatients: does it make a difference?

AHG Davies, S Shaq, AM Brind, TE Bowling… - Clinical …, 2003 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In recent years, regular weekend gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy lists have been
implemented in some hospitals in the UK to reduce outpatient waiting times. These lists also …

Evaluating the “weekend effect” on patient outcomes in upper GI bleeding

IM Gralnek - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2014 - giejournal.org
In the immortal words of the 80s pop/rock band Loverboy.“everybody's working for the
weekend,” yet we know that not everybody is necessarily working on the weekend, including …

The setting up and running of a cross-county out-of-hours gastrointestinal bleed service: a possible blueprint for the future

BN Shokouhi, M Khan, MJ Carter, NQ Khan… - Frontline …, 2013 - fg.bmj.com
Objective Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (AUGIB) results in 25 000 hospital
admissions annually. Patients admitted at weekends with AUGIB have increased mortality …

Admission time is associated with outcome of upper gastrointestinal bleeding: results of a multicentre prospective cohort study

NL De Groot, JH Bosman, PD Siersema… - Alimentary …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background It has been suggested that patients presenting with upper gastrointestinal
bleeding (UGIB) during the weekend have a worse outcome compared with weekdays, with …

Mortality from acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the United Kingdom: does it display a “weekend effect”?

V Jairath, BC Kahan, RFA Logan… - Official journal of the …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: An increased mortality in patients presenting to hospital at weekends has
been observed for several medical conditions. The aim of this study is to examine the …

Weekend admission in upper GI bleeding: does it have an impact on outcome?

E Kalaitzakis, J Helgeson, M Strömdahl… - Gastrointestinal …, 2015 - giejournal.org
We read with great interest the article by Abougergi et al 1 on the impact of admission day
on clinical outcome after upper GI bleeding. By using data from the 2009 National Inpatient …

Do we always need an endoscopist in the middle of the night? Risk stratification and timing for endoscopy in acute upper GI bleeding

M Manno, M Cavalli, M Barozzi… - Gastrointestinal …, 2010 - giejournal.org
We read with great interest the article and editorial recently published in Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy on timing for endoscopy in patients with acute upper GI bleeding (UGIB). 1, 2 …

Demands for endoscopy service outside of regular hours: a retrospective study and literature analysis

A Giese, NJ Büchner, J Zieren… - Deutsche Medizinische …, 2010 - europepmc.org
Results 56.8% of the examinations took place during the weekend (Saturday or Sunday),
26.7% during the night (10 pm-8 am). The distribution of the different endoscopic modalities …

O13 Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the UK: availability and organisation of care in the 2022 UK audit

G Nigam, P Davies, P Dhiman, L Estcourt… - 2023 - gut.bmj.com
Introduction Initiatives to improve the management of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding
(AUGIB) include service delivery improvements and expansion of endoscopy provision. We …

[HTML][HTML] Outcomes of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in relation to timing of endoscopy and the experience of endoscopist: a tertiary center experience

N Mohammed, A Rehman, MT Swinscoe… - Endoscopy …, 2016 - thieme-connect.com
Introduction: Patients with gastrointestinal bleeding admitted out of hours or at the weekends
may have an excess mortality rate. The literature reports around this are conflicting. Aims …