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Impact of national holidays and weekends on incidence of acute type A aortic dissection repair

Oudin, Anna LU ; Bjursten, Henrik LU ; Oudin Åström, Daniel LU ; Nozohoor, Shahab LU ; Ahmad, Khalil ; Tang, Mariann ; Bjurbom, Markus ; Hansson, Emma C. ; Jeppsson, Anders and Moeller, Christian H. , et al. (2022) In Scientific Reports 12. p.1-6
Abstract

Previous studies have demonstrated that environmental and temporal factors may affect the incidence of acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD). Here, we aimed to investigate the hypothesis that national holidays and weekends influence the incidence of surgery for ATAAD. For the period 1st of January 2005 until 31st of December 2019, we investigated a hypothesised effect of (country-specific) national holidays and weekends on the frequency of 2995 surgical repairs for ATAAD at 10 Nordic cities included in the Nordic Consortium for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection (NORCAAD) collaboration. Compared to other days, the number of ATAAD repairs were 29% (RR 0.71; 95% CI 0.54–0.94) lower on national holidays and 26% (RR 0.74; 95% CI 0.68–0.82)... (More)

Previous studies have demonstrated that environmental and temporal factors may affect the incidence of acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD). Here, we aimed to investigate the hypothesis that national holidays and weekends influence the incidence of surgery for ATAAD. For the period 1st of January 2005 until 31st of December 2019, we investigated a hypothesised effect of (country-specific) national holidays and weekends on the frequency of 2995 surgical repairs for ATAAD at 10 Nordic cities included in the Nordic Consortium for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection (NORCAAD) collaboration. Compared to other days, the number of ATAAD repairs were 29% (RR 0.71; 95% CI 0.54–0.94) lower on national holidays and 26% (RR 0.74; 95% CI 0.68–0.82) lower on weekends. As day of week patterns of symptom duration were assessed and the primary analyses were adjusted for period of year, our findings suggest that the reduced surgical incidence on national holidays and weekends does not seem to correspond to seasonal effects or surgery being delayed and performed on regular working days.

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10.1038/s41598-022-25076-7
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  abstract     = {{<p>Previous studies have demonstrated that environmental and temporal factors may affect the incidence of acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD). Here, we aimed to investigate the hypothesis that national holidays and weekends influence the incidence of surgery for ATAAD. For the period 1st of January 2005 until 31st of December 2019, we investigated a hypothesised effect of (country-specific) national holidays and weekends on the frequency of 2995 surgical repairs for ATAAD at 10 Nordic cities included in the Nordic Consortium for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection (NORCAAD) collaboration. Compared to other days, the number of ATAAD repairs were 29% (RR 0.71; 95% CI 0.54–0.94) lower on national holidays and 26% (RR 0.74; 95% CI 0.68–0.82) lower on weekends. As day of week patterns of symptom duration were assessed and the primary analyses were adjusted for period of year, our findings suggest that the reduced surgical incidence on national holidays and weekends does not seem to correspond to seasonal effects or surgery being delayed and performed on regular working days.</p>}},
  author       = {{Oudin, Anna and Bjursten, Henrik and Oudin Åström, Daniel and Nozohoor, Shahab and Ahmad, Khalil and Tang, Mariann and Bjurbom, Markus and Hansson, Emma C. and Jeppsson, Anders and Moeller, Christian H. and Jormalainen, Mikko and Juvonen, Tatu and Mennander, Ari and Olsen, Peter S. and Olsson, Christian and Ahlsson, Anders and Pan, Emily and Raivio, Peter and Wickbom, Anders and Sjögren, Johan and Geirsson, Arnar and Gudbjartsson, Tomas and Zindovic, Igor}},
  issn         = {{2045-2322}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{1--6}},
  publisher    = {{Nature Publishing Group}},
  series       = {{Scientific Reports}},
  title        = {{Impact of national holidays and weekends on incidence of acute type A aortic dissection repair}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25076-7}},
  doi          = {{10.1038/s41598-022-25076-7}},
  volume       = {{12}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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