Sleep loss and performance of anaesthesia trainees and specialists

Chronobiology International

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1077-1091

  Gander, Philippa ^a   Millar, Michelle ^a   Webster, Craig ^b   Merry, Alan ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cumulative effects of sleep loss; Night cover in hospitals; Patient errors; Psychomotor vigilance task in the workplace; Sleep loss of anaesthetists

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; REACTION TIME; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP PATTERN; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 56249093518     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520802551428     Document Type: Article

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