ArticlePeerJ2018
Weekend effect in upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Article in PeerJ, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Weekend admissions and outcomes in patients with pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- The weekend effect: does hospital mortality differ by day of the week? A systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC health services research · 2018Pooled it
- Absence of a Weekend Effect on In-Hospital Mortality in Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Multisite Study from an Integrated Health System.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Observational
- Off-Hours Endoscopic Management and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Esophageal Variceal Bleeding: A Real-World Cohort Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Experience of the endoscopist mediates the association between weekend effect with rebleeding after endoscopic treatment for Dieulafoy's lesion.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Acupuncture-associated gastric mucosal repair and the EGF-EGFR-related signaling network: evidence, limitations, and prospects.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Cirrhosis outcomes on rurality and weekend admissions revisited: A contemporary analysis of the national inpatient sample.PloS one · 2026Article
- The weekend effect in pelvic fractures and influence of weekday and weekend accident days: a retrospective study of the German Pelvic Registry.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effect of Weekend Admission on Hip Fracture Mortality.Ochsner journal · 2025Article
- Trends for Admission, Mortality and Emergency Surgery in Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Study of Eight Years of Admissions in a Tertiary Care Hospital.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
- The Reduction of After-Hours and Weekend Effects in Upper Gastro-intestinal Bleeding Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic Compared to the Pre-Pandemic Period.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- An update on the management of non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding.Gastroenterology report · 2023Review
- Development and validation of prognostic model to predict mortality among cirrhotic patients with acute variceal bleeding: A retrospective study.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2021Article
- The effect of pantoprazole and somatostatin combined with thrombin in the treatment of non-esophagogastric varicosity upper gastrointestinal bleeding.American journal of translational research · 2021Article
- Endoscopy Timing in Patients with Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding.Clinical endoscopy · 2019Article
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Abstract
aimTo perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of the weekend effect on the mortality of patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding(UGIB).
methodsThe review protocol has been registered in the PROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (registration number: CRD42017073313) and was written according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. We conducted a search of the PUBMED, COCHRANE, EMBASE and CINAHL databases from inception to August 2017. All observational studies comparing mortality between UGIB patients with weekend versus weekday admissions were included. Articles that were published only in abstract form or not published in a peer-reviewed journal were excluded. The quality of articles was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. We pooled results from the articles using random-effect models. Heterogeneity was evaluated by the chi-square-based
resultsEighteen observational cohort studies involving 1,232,083 study patients were included. Weekend admission was associated with significantly higher 30-day or in-hospital mortality in all studies (OR = 1.12, 95% CI [1.07-1.17],
conclusionsThe weekend effect is associated with increased mortality of UGIB patients, particularly in non-variceal bleeding. The timing of endoscopic intervention might be a factor that influences mortality of UGIB patients.
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