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Review Meta Analysis
Extended-duration hospital shifts, medical errors and patient mortality.
- Elodie Leroyer, Valérie Romieu, Zakia Mediouni, Bertrand Bécour, and Alexis Descatha.
- Physician in the AP-HP, Occupational Health Unit/EMS (Samu92), University Hospital of Paris West Suburb, Garches, France.
- Brit J Hosp Med. 2014 Feb 1;75(2):96-101.
AbstractA meta-analysis was undertaken to study the association between extended medical shifts and consequences for patients. In six studies, the meta odds ratio was increased for mortality and for serious medical errors, but not for preventable medical errors and for physicians who slept >6 hours.
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