Effect on Patient Safety of a Resident Physician Schedule Without 24-Hour Shifts. Issue 11 (November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Landrigan, Christopher P.; Rahman, Shadab A.; Sullivan, Jason P.; Vittinghoff, Eric; Barger, Laura K.; Sanderson, Amy L.; Wright, Kenneth P.; O'Brien, Conor S.; Qadri, Salim; St Hilaire, Melissa A.; Halbower, Ann C.; Segar, Jeffrey L.; McGuire, John K.; Vitiello, Michael V.; de la Iglesia, Horacio O.; Poynter, Sue E.; Yu, Pearl L.; Zee, Phyllis C.; Lockley, Steven W.; Stone, Katie L.; Czeisler, Charles A.
• Is Part Of: Obstetrical & gynecological survey. Volume 75:Issue 11(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-11
• Subjects: Obstetrics -- Periodicals; Gynecology -- Periodicals; Generative organs, Female -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 618
• DOI: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000721392.15052.bf
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0029-7828

Abstract

Abstract : (Abstracted from N Engl J Med 2020;382:2514–2523) Over the last 4 decades, a body of literature has studied the effect of extended shifts (working ≥24 hours) for resident physicians on their alertness and performance, and by extension, patient safety. Since then, the results of further studies have been inconsistent.