Psychological and physical stress in surgeons operating in a standard or modern operating room

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 237-242

  Klein, Mads ^a   Andersen, Lars Peter Holst ^a   Alamili, Mahdi ^a   Gögenur, Ismail ^a   Rosenberg, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

heart rate variability; laparoscopic surgery; operating room; surgical stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MENTAL STRESS; OPERATING ROOM; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; TECHNICAL AID;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; PAIN; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77956237425     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3181ed851d     Document Type: Article

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