Risks of complications by attending physicians after performing nighttime procedures

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1565-1572

  Rothschild, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Keohane, Carol A ^a   Rogers, Selwyn ^a,b   Gardner, Roxane ^a,b   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^a,c   Salzberg, Claudia A ^a   Yu, Tony ^a   Yoon, Catherine S ^a   Williams, Deborah H ^a   Wien, Matt F ^a   Czeisler, Charles A ^a,b   Bates, David W ^a,b   Landrigan, Christopher P ^a,b,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP TIME;

EID: 70350220313     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1423     Document Type: Article

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