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Does Sleep Deprivation Impair Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Cognitive and Psychomotor Performance?

Michael J. O’Brien, Robert V. O’Toole, Mary Zadnik Newell, Alison D. Lydecker, Jason W. Nascone, Marcus F. Sciadini, Andrew N. Pollak, Clifford H. Turen, W. Andrew Eglseder

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery · 2012 · 40 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

Orthopaedic trauma surgeons showed deterioration in performance on a validated cognitive task when they had slept four hours or less the previous night. It is unknown how performance on this test relates to surgical performance.

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