Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Acad Emerg Med
2016
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Observational Study
Serum S100B as a surrogate biomarker in the diagnoses of burnout and depression in emergency medicine residents.
Burnout syndrome is recognized as a major global problem among emergency healthcare workers as it causes prevalent fatigue, job separations, and disappointment. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship of the glial marker S100B in sera of emergency physicians with burnout syndrome and depression. ⋯ S100B levels correlate with depression scores and emotional exhaustion in burnout syndrome. The findings suggest that S100B can be used as a marker to screen emergency medicine residents and detect individuals with high risk for depression and burnout syndrome.