**Summary** Fatigue has been implicated in the occurrence of critical incidents. Using a driving simulator to assess vigilance, we investigated the effect of sleep disruption on the ability of anaesthetists to maintain vigilance after a night on‐call. Following an undisturbed night of sleep, subject
The effect of surgery on the sleep architecture — A pilot study
✍ Scribed by Frances Chung; Pu Liao; Balaji Yegneswaranl; Colin Shapiro; Chaudhry Ayeshah; Voinov Valentin; Frank Sun
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 12 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1496-8975
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