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STUDY

Interns' compliance with Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education work-hour limits.

Landrigan CP, Barger LK, Cade BE, Ayas NT, Czeisler CA. JAMA. 2006;296:1063-1070.

STUDY

Residency work-hours reform: a cost analysis including preventable adverse events.

Nuckols TK, Escarce JJ. J Gen Intern Med. 2005;20:873-878.

COMMENTARY

Junior doctors' shifts and sleep deprivation.

Murray A, Pounder R. Mather H, Black DC. BMJ. 2005;330:1404.

STUDY

Perceived impact of duty hours limits on the fragmentation of patient care: results from an academic health center.

Keating RJ, LaRusso NF, Kolars JC. Am J Med. 2005;118:788-793.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

REVIEW

Effects of work hour reduction on residents' lives: a systematic review.

Fletcher KE, Underwood W 3rd, Davis SQ, Mangrulkar RS, McMahon LF Jr, Saint S. JAMA. 2005;294:1088-1100.

COMMENTARY

The 80-hour work week: why safer patient care will mean more health care is provided by physician extenders.

McLean TR. J Leg Med. 2005;26:339-384.

STUDY

The 80-hour work guidelines and resident survey perceptions of quality.

Biller CK, Antonacci AC, Pelletier S, et al. J Surg Res. 2006;135:275-281.

STUDY

The impact of the 80-hour resident workweek on surgical residents and attending surgeons.

Hutter MM, Kellogg KC, Ferguson CM, Abbott WM, Warshaw AL. Ann Surg. 2006;243:864-871; discussion 871-875.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

A case that shook medicine.

Lerner BH. The Washington Post. November 28, 2006:HE01.

STUDY

The effects of work-hour limitations on resident well-being, patient care, and education in an internal medicine residency program.

Goitein L, Shanafelt TD, Wipf JE, Slatore CG, Back AL. Arch Intern Med. 2005;165:2601-2606.

STUDY

Complying with ACGME resident duty hours restrictions: restructuring the 80-hour workweek to enhance education and patient safety at Texas A&M/Scott & White Memorial Hospital.

Ogden PE, Sibbitt S, Howell M, et al. Acad Med. 2006;81:1026-1031.

STUDY

Resident work hour limits and patient safety.

Poulose BK, Ray WA, Arbogast PG, et al. Ann Surg. 2005;241:847-860.

STUDY

The effects of on-duty napping on intern sleep time and fatigue.

Arora V, Dunphy C, Chang VY, Ahmad F, Humphrey HJ, Meltzer D. Ann Intern Med. 2006;144:792-798.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Intensivists: an Rx for the ICU?

Meyers S. Trustee. March 2006;59:29-30.

STUDY

Communication in critical care environments: mobile telephones improve patient care.

Soto RG, Chu LF, Goldman JM, Rampil IJ, Ruskin KJ. Anesth Analg. 2006;102:535-541.

STUDY

Resident attitudes regarding the impact of the 80–duty-hours work standards.

Zonia SC, LaBaere RJ, Stommel M, Tomaszewski DD. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2005;105:307-313.

COMMENTARY

The 80-hour duty week: rationale, early attitudes, and future questions.

Friedlaender GE. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2006;449:138-142.

STUDY

Work-hour restrictions as an ethical dilemma for residents.

Carpenter RO, Austin MT, Tarpley JL, Griffin MR, Lomis KD. Amer J Surg. 2006;191:527-532.

REVIEW

Systematic review: effects of resident work hours on patient safety.

Fletcher KE, Davis SQ, Underwood W, Mangrulkar RS, McMahon LF Jr, Saint S. Ann Intern Med. 2004;141:851-857.

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