%0 Journal Article %T Outcomes of common general surgery procedures for patients discharged over weekends at a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia %A Hassan A. Arishi %A Hatim A. Alsulaim %A Ibrahim T. Albabtain %A Roaa S. Alsuhaibani %A Sami A. Almalki %J Archive of "Annals of Saudi Medicine". %D 2018 %R 10.5144/0256-4947.2018.105 %X Hospitals usually reduce staffing levels and services over weekends. This raises the question of whether patients discharged over a weekend may be inadequately prepared and possibly at higher risk of adverse events post-discharge %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6074366/