Association of the 2011 ACGME Resident Duty Hour Reform with Postoperative Patient Outcomes in Surgical Specialties

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 748-757

  Rajaram, Ravi ^a,b   Chung, Jeanette W ^b   Cohen, Mark E ^a   Dahlke, Allison R ^b   Yang, Anthony D ^b   Meeks, Joshua J ^b   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,c,d   Tarpley, John L ^e   Hoyt, David B ^a   Bilimoria, Karl Y ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUTY HOUR REFORM; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY; WORK SCHEDULE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; AGED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY;

AGED; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84939572756     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.06.010     Document Type: Article

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