After-Hours Care

"After-Hours Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Medical care provided after the regular daily practice schedule of the physicians. Usually it is designed to deliver 24-hour-a-day and 365 day-a-year patient care coverage for emergencies, triage, pediatric care, and hospice care.

Descriptor ID	D039602
MeSH Number(s)	N04.590.374.034 N05.300.049
Concept/Terms	After-Hours Care After-Hours Care Out-of-Hours Medical Care Medical Care, Out-of-Hours Out of Hours Medical Care After Hours Care Practitioner Cooperative Practitioner Cooperative Cooperatives, Practitioner Practitioner Cooperatives

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "After-Hours Care".

Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Patient Care Management [N04.590]
Delivery of Health Care [N04.590.374]
After-Hours Care [N04.590.374.034]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Delivery of Health Care [N05.300]
After-Hours Care [N05.300.049]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "After-Hours Care".

After-Hours Care
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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2015	1	0	1
2016	0	1	1
2017	1	1	2
2020	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1
2023	1	0	1

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Awan S, Bharucha P, Steventon L, Simpson H, Ahmad T, Benafif S, Shaw H, Chambers P. Out-of-hours admissions in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors and their primary management with steroids. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2024 Oct; 30(7):1193-1199.

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Potts MB, Abdalla RN, Golnari P, Sukumaran M, Palmer AH, Hurley MC, Shaibani A, Jahromi BS, Ansari SA. Analysis of Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke on Nights and Weekends Versus Weekdays at Comprehensive Stroke Centers. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021 Apr; 30(4):105632.

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Gupta K, Khan A, Goyal H, Cal N, Hans B, Martins T, Ghaoui R. Weekend admissions with ascites are associated with delayed paracentesis: A nationwide analysis of the 'weekend effect'. Ann Hepatol. 2020 Sep - Oct; 19(5):523-529.

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Cheng TW, Farber A, Kalish JA, Jones DW, Castagne M, Rybin D, Raulli SJ, Siracuse JJ. Carotid Endarterectomy Performed before the Weekend is Associated with Increased Length of Stay. Ann Vasc Surg. 2018 Apr; 48:119-126.

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Eskesen TG, Peponis T, Saillant N, King DR, Fagenholz PJ, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA. Operating at night does not increase the risk of intraoperative adverse events. Am J Surg. 2018 07; 216(1):19-24.

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Menon BK, Sajobi TT, Zhang Y, Rempel JL, Shuaib A, Thornton J, Williams D, Roy D, Poppe AY, Jovin TG, Sapkota B, Baxter BW, Krings T, Silver FL, Frei DF, Fanale C, Tampieri D, Teitelbaum J, Lum C, Dowlatshahi D, Eesa M, Lowerison MW, Kamal NR, Demchuk AM, Hill MD, Goyal M. Analysis of Workflow and Time to Treatment on Thrombectomy Outcome in the Endovascular Treatment for Small Core and Proximal Occlusion Ischemic Stroke (ESCAPE) Randomized, Controlled Trial. Circulation. 2016 Jun 07; 133(23):2279-86.

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Rohatgi S, Hanna TN, Sliker CW, Abbott RM, Nicola R. After-Hours Radiology: Challenges and Strategies for the Radiologist. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Nov; 205(5):956-61.

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Ricciardi R, Nelson J, Francone TD, Roberts PL, Read TE, Hall JF, Schoetz DJ, Marcello PW. Do patient safety indicators explain increased weekend mortality? J Surg Res. 2016 Jan; 200(1):164-70.

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Mitra B, Cameron PA, Fitzgerald MC, Bernard S, Moloney J, Varma D, Tran H, Keogh M. "After-hours" staffing of trauma centres and outcomes among patients presenting with acute traumatic coagulopathy. Med J Aust. 2014 Nov 17; 201(10):588-91.

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Lotfi A, Alreja G, Kashef MA, Giugliano GR, Garb J, Schweiger M. The impact of the distance from the interventional cardiologist's home to the hospital during off hours. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Nov 15; 84(6):950-4.

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