http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/resident-work-hour-restrictions-good.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/resident-work-hour-restrictions-good.html#comment-79820 Roy M. Poses MD Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:06:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/09/resident-work-hour-restrictions-good-for-nothing.html#comment-79820 The most likely explanations were that:<br/>1. Most errors due to resident fatigue do not increase 30 day mortality, but that doesn't mean they aren't bad enough, and<br/>2. Even the currently "reformed" work hours still allow a resident to work 30 hours straight, take 10 hours off, then work another 30, still leading to major sleep deprivation and fatigue.<br/>See our posts on Health Care Renewal:<br/>http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2007/09/why-resident-duty-hour-reform-did-not.html<br/>http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2007/09/in-on-sleep-deprivation-and-medical.html The most likely explanations were that:
1. Most errors due to resident fatigue do not increase 30 day mortality, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t bad enough, and
2. Even the currently “reformed” work hours still allow a resident to work 30 hours straight, take 10 hours off, then work another 30, still leading to major sleep deprivation and fatigue.
See our posts on Health Care Renewal:
http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2007/09/why-resident-duty-hour-reform-did-not.html
http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2007/09/in-on-sleep-deprivation-and-medical.html

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/resident-work-hour-restrictions-good.html#comment-79811 Anonymous Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:51:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/09/resident-work-hour-restrictions-good-for-nothing.html#comment-79811 Good. Maybe that means residents don't have to work like slaves and morbidity won't increase. Good. Maybe that means residents don’t have to work like slaves and morbidity won’t increase.

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/resident-work-hour-restrictions-good.html#comment-79810 Health Train Express Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:15:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/09/resident-work-hour-restrictions-good-for-nothing.html#comment-79810 Resident work hours and morbidity.<br/>Another more likely explanation is that there was NO relationship between morbidity and work hours. Resident work hours and morbidity.
Another more likely explanation is that there was NO relationship between morbidity and work hours.

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