The Association of Off-Hour vs. On-Hour ICU Admission Time with Mortality in Patients with Cardiogenic Shock - a Retrospective Multicenter Analysis.

Our study showed an increased mortality in patients with cardiogenic shock admitted during off-hours especially in those with a milder onset of disease. This stresses the importance of a thorough workup of each patient especially at times of limited resources, the menace of underestimating the severity of cardiogenic shock and the need for an improved twenty-four seven available risk stratification.