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Review
. 2014 Feb;75(2):96-101.
doi: 10.12968/hmed.2014.75.2.96.

Extended-duration hospital shifts, medical errors and patient mortality

Elodie Leroyer  1 , Valérie Romieu  2 , Zakia Mediouni  3 , Bertrand Bécour  4 , Alexis Descatha  5
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Extended-duration hospital shifts, medical errors and patient mortality

Elodie Leroyer et al. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2014 Feb.
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Abstract

A 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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