Does our sleep debt affect patients' safety?

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-17

  Tewari, Anurag ^a   Soliz, Jose ^b   Billota, Federico ^c   Garg, Shuchita ^a   Singh, Harsimran ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaesthesiologist; Fatigue; Night shifts; Patient safety; Sleep debt; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONREM SLEEP; PATIENT SAFETY; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 79955595042     PISSN: 00195049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5049.76572     Document Type: Review

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