Resident fatigue: is there a patient safety issue?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 811-816

  Mitchell, Christopher D ^a   Mooty, Clark R ^a   Dunn, Ernest L ^a   Ramberger, Karla C ^a   Mangram, Alicia J ^a  

^a Methodist Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient safety; Resident fatigue; Sentinel events

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SENTINEL EVENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 71149100474     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.04.028     Document Type: Article

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