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Surgeon Performance Unaffected by Fatigue from Overnight Work

Gene Emery  |  

As for patients who might be concerned if their surgeon was up the night before, Baxter said. “It’s probably something they don’t need to worry about.”

Said Czeisler: “They’re talking about sleep deprivation without having determined if these doctors were sleep deprived.”

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