Psychophysical workload in the operating room: primary surgeon versus assistant

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1990-1998

  Rieger, Annika ^a,b   Fenger, Sebastian ^c,d   Neubert, Sebastian ^b   Weippert, Matthias ^a,b   Kreuzfeld, Steffi ^a   Stoll, Regina ^a,b  

^a ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c MedAdvisors GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assistant; Breathing frequency; Heart rate; Intraoperative workload; NASA Task Load Index; Operation duration; Primary surgeon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SURGEON; WORKLOAD; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RESPIRATORY RATE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURGEONS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84935901677     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-014-3899-6     Document Type: Article

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