capnamerica Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Sleepy+hazard+medical+journal+says/4834789/story.html I take some issue with this article, since it suggests that sleep deprived doctors actually choose to be in such a state of being. As an aside, the author should have actually spoken about the studies mentioned, instead of random quotations and virtually zero substance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 i'm not a resident, but in my brief observations, there's a very cultural badge of honour to doing 80-100 hours of work in internal/surgery/obsgyn. there's already lots of studies that have been done showing the deleterious effects of lack of sleep in residents etc., you have to remember, this is a newspaper article, not a science journal http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Sleepy+hazard+medical+journal+says/4834789/story.html I take some issue with this article, since it suggests that sleep deprived doctors actually choose to be in such a state of being. As an aside, the author should have actually spoken about the studies mentioned, instead of random quotations and virtually zero substance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLengr Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 My favorite quote was that we need a 174% increase in resident population to apply the aviation industry standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renin Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 My favorite quote was that we need a 174% increase in resident population to apply the aviation industry standards. I know that when I'm more than 24 hrs up; I'm a lot more bold, and I giggle a lot and I weave in traffic on the drive home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quackster Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 actually, they probably wrote that article based on the editorial in CMAJ early release this week: http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/rapidpdf/cmaj.110402v1?ijkey=a72cac50247f8f04170ceec421d564558d86d8cc&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha Coincidentally, this is out in Pediatrics this week: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2011/05/19/peds.2010-1955.abstract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactic Folly Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Also, interestingly, this study just came out. "This prospective study found no additional risk of complications or mortality in cardiac surgery patients when the attending surgeon was sleep deprived (defined as less than 6 hours of sleep the night prior to the procedure). This finding contradicts the results of an earlier study in general surgery patients." http://psnet.ahrq.gov/resource.aspx?resourceID=21941 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmitty Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 Also, interestingly, this study just came out. "This prospective study found no additional risk of complications or mortality in cardiac surgery patients when the attending surgeon was sleep deprived (defined as less than 6 hours of sleep the night prior to the procedure). This finding contradicts the results of an earlier study in general surgery patients." http://psnet.ahrq.gov/resource.aspx?resourceID=21941 <6 hours is a pretty lax definition of sleep deprived IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki dale Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 <6 hours is a pretty lax definition of sleep deprived IMO. Agreed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenson Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Last year, researchers reported higher rates of surgical complications if a surgeon had less than six hours of sleep the night before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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