Worse outcomes for patients undergoing brain tumor and cerebrovascular procedures following the ACGME resident duty-hour restrictions: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 262-276

  Babu, Ranjith ^a   Thomas, Steven ^a   Hazzard, Matthew A ^a   Friedman, Allan H ^a   Sampson, John H ^a   Adamson, Cory ^a   Zomorodi, Ali R ^a   Haglund, Michael M ^a   Patil, Chirag G ^b   Boakye, Maxwell ^c,d   Lad, Shivanand P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cerebrovascular; Complication; Duty hour restriction; Outcome; Resident

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUTY HOUR RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKING TIME; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84905456791     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.5.JNS1314     Document Type: Article

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