What Are the Effects of Sleep Deprivation and Fatigue in Surgical Practice?

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 166-175

  Sugden, Colin ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mental fatigue; Residency training; Simulation; sleep deprivation; Surgery; Surgical performance

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FATIGUE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; JUSTICE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SURGEON; SURGERY; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; WAKEFULNESS; WORKING TIME;

ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MENTAL FATIGUE; MOTOR SKILLS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84870440760     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: 15329488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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