Sleep deprived and unprepared

Abstract

during induction of anaesthesia is neither a reliable nor useful quality measure for comparison of anaesthetists' performance.

Rhythm and cues: role of chronobiology in perioperative medicine

“…19 In the future, it would perhaps be beneficial to include recognition of fatigue into the training programmes for healthcare professionals. 20 Perhaps the ultimate clock desynchroniser is space travel, during which time there is complete loss of a natural 24-h day. For those astronauts orbiting the earth in the international space station, a sunrise was experienced every 90 min.…”