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COMMENTARY

Do Not Disturb!

Duffy FD, Cassel CK. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2007.

STUDY

Residents' perspectives on ACGME regulation of supervision and duty hours—a national survey.

Drolet BC, Spalluto LB, Fischer SA. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:e34.

STUDY

Cost implications of ACGME's 2011 changes to resident duty hours and the training environment.

Nuckols TK, Escarce JJ. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27:241-249.

COMMENTARY

Duty hours in emergency medicine: balancing patient safety, resident wellness, and the resident training experience: a consensus response to the 2008 Institute of Medicine resident duty hours recommendations.

Wagner MJ, Wolf S, Promes S, et al. J Emerg Med. 2010;39:348-355.

COMMENTARY

The ACGME’s final duty-hour standards—special PGY-1 limits and strategic napping.

Iglehart JK. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1589-1591.

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The new recommendations on duty hours from the ACGME Task Force.

Nasca TJ, Day SH, Amis ES Jr; for ACGME Duty Hours Task Force. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:e3.

STUDY

Association of workload of on-call medical interns with on-call sleep duration, shift duration, and participation in educational activities.

Arora VM, Georgitis E, Siddique J, et al. JAMA. 2008;300:1146-1153.

COMMENTARY

The response of the APPD, CoPS and AAP to the Institute of Medicine report on resident duty hours.

Guralnick S, Rushton J, Bale JF Jr, Norwood V, Trimm F, Schumacher D. Pediatrics. 2010;125:786-790.

COMMENTARY

Revisiting duty-hour limits — IOM recommendations for patient safety and resident education.

Iglehart JK. N Engl J Med. 2008;359:2633-2635.

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Quality Care and Excellence in Medical Education.

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

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ACGME duty-hour recommendations—a national survey of residency program directors.

Antiel RM, Thompson SM, Reed DA, et al. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:e12.

COMMENTARY

Resident duty hours in surgery for ensuring patient safety, providing optimum resident education and training, and promoting resident well-being: a response from the American College of Surgeons to the Report of the Institute of Medicine, "Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety."

Britt LD, Sachdeva AK, Healy GB, Whalen TV, Blair PG; Members of the ACS Task Force on Resident Duty Hours. Surgery. 2009;146:398-409.

COMMENTARY

An elusive balance — residents' work hours and the continuity of care.

Okie S. N Engl J Med. 2007;356:2665-2667.

COMMENTARY

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education resident duty hour new standards: history, changes, and impact on staffing of intensive care units.

Pastores SM, O’Connor MF, Kleinpell RM, et al. Crit Care Med. 2011;39:2540-2549.

STUDY

Effects of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education duty hour limits on sleep, work hours, and safety.

Landrigan CP, Fahrenkopf AM, Lewin D, et al. Pediatrics. 2008;122:250-258.

REVIEW

Effects of reducing or eliminating resident work shifts over 16 hours: a systematic review.

Levine AC, Adusumilli J, Landrigan CP. Sleep. 2010;33:1043-1053.

COMMENTARY

Resident duty hour regulation and patient safety: establishing a balance between concerns about resident fatigue and adequate training in neurosurgery.

Grady MS, Batjer HH, Dacey RG. J Neurosurg. 2009;110:828-836.

STUDY

Decreased bile duct injury rate during laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the era of the 80-hour resident workweek.

Yaghoubian A, Saltmarsh G, Rosing DK, et al. Arch Surg. 2008;143:847-851.

STUDY

Changes in outcomes for internal medicine inpatients after work-hour regulations.

Horwitz LI, Kosiborod M, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Ann Intern Med. 2007;147:97-103.

STUDY

Impact of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education work-hour regulations on neurosurgical resident education and productivity.

Jagannathan J, Vates GE, Pouratian N, et al. J Neurosurg. 2009;110:820-827.

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