The effect of sleep disruption on performance of anaesthetists - A pilot study

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 520-525

  Murray, D ^a   Dodds, C ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: complications; Monitoring; Sleep deprivation; Vigilance: cortical

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; NIGHT SLEEP; NIGHT WORK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ANESTHESIA; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGLAND; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0037866403     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03131.x     Document Type: Article

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