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Sep 2026
Association of weekend admission on immediate postoperative outcomes following non-elective cardiac operations
Background The “weekend effect” refers to inferior outcomes among patients admitted during weekends. Although documented across multiple medical specialties, studies evaluating weekend admission for cardiac surgery have yielded conflicting results. We assessed immediate postoperative outcomes following weekend cardiac...
Konmal Ali, Syed Shaheer Ali, T. Coaston et al.
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