March 3, 2026Open Access

A 13-year nationwide analysis of “the weekend effect” on outcomes of esophageal variceal bleed

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Patients hospitalized on weekends exhibit a higher risk of shock compared to weekday admissions.
The likelihood of receiving endoscopy on the admission day is lower for weekend patients.
Endoscopic interventions like TIPS are less likely before the fourth day in weekend admissions.
These findings highlight the need for better strategies to address the weekend effect in hospitals.

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The increased risk of shock in these patients, but no difference in hospital mortality, could be explained by the lower odds of having an endoscopy done on the day of admission and TIPS before day four, compared to patients admitted on weekdays. Thus, more research is needed to determine how the weekend effect can be mitigated in admitted EVB patients.

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Sodoma et al. (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a75b49c6e9836116a225b7 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.21037/tgh-25-12

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