The fatigued anesthesiologist: A threat to patient safety?

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-159

  Sinha, Ashish ^a   Singh, Avtar ^b   Tewari, Anurag ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAHARISHI MARKANDESHWAR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Anaesthesiologist; fatigue; patient safety; sleep; sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALERTNESS; ANESTHESIST; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; LAW; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NIGHT SLEEP; NIGHT WORK; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SMOKING; TEAMWORK; THREAT; WORKING TIME;

EID: 84878503261     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: 22312730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9185.111657     Document Type: Review

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