Coverage and Capacity: Addressing the "Night & Weekend Effect" in Obstetrics. Issue 1 (March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Einerson, B.D.
• Is Part Of: Obstetric anesthesia digest. Volume 39:Issue 1(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-03
• Subjects: Systems-based practice -- Neonatal morbidity and mortality; Anesthesia in obstetrics -- Periodicals; Anesthesia in obstetrics -- Abstracts -- Periodicals; 617.968205
• DOI: 10.1097/01.aoa.0000552898.80673.a8
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0275-665X

Abstract

Abstract : ( BJOG . 2018;125(7):892) Recently, there has been increased focus on the possible existence of the "night and weekend effect" in obstetrics, as it has been demonstrated in other medical specialties. A study from Reif and colleagues found that nighttime delivery was associated with increased risk (odds ratio: 1.35) of severe adverse neonatal events compared with daytime delivery in 10 centers in Austria. There was no significant difference in risk of adverse events between the weekday and weekends.