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Duty hours and pregnancy outcome among residents in obstetrics and gynecology.
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It is demonstrated that, although women house officers continued to work more than 80 hours per week during pregnancy, most had a good pregnancy outcome, and there was a higher frequency of preterm labor, preeclampsia, and fetal growth restriction in female residents than in spouses or partners of male residents.About:
This article is published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.The article was published on 2003-11-01. It has received 70 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Obstetrics and gynaecology & Pregnancy.read more
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Obstetrical complications in pregnant medical and surgical residents.
Sadikah Behbehani,Togas Tulandi +1 more
TL;DR: Pregnant residents are more likely to have hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, intrauterine growth restriction, placental abruption, and miscarriages than a cohort of pregnant women of similar age.
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Value of a single early third trimester fetal biometry for the prediction of birth weight deviations in a low risk population
TL;DR: In a low risk population, a simple and useful method for the detection of growth deviations during pregnancy in primary care (midwife or general practitioner) practices could predict future growth deviations with a higher sensitivity and in a significant earlier stage than with the use of conventional screening methods.
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Parental leave policies in graduate medical education: A systematic review.
Laura S. Humphries,Sarah Lyon,Rebecca M. Garza,Daniel R. Butz,Benjamin T. Lemelman,Julie E. Park +5 more
TL;DR: Attention to formal leave policies inGME has traditionally been lacking, but may be increasing, and negative attitudes towards parenthood in GME persist.
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Occupational exposures and adverse pregnancy outcomes among nurses: a systematic review and meta-analysis
TL;DR: Nurses were found to be at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, but the strength of association was weaker in the well-designed studies.
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Effects of call on sleep and mood in internal medicine residents.
TL;DR: For these residents, recovery sleep appeared inadequate, and the negative effects of call persisted across succeeding off-call days, for these residents on a 1-in-4 schedule, call affects their mood for much of the time when off call and potentially their personal and professional interactions during this period as well.
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Fatigue among Clinicians and the Safety of Patients
David M. Gaba,Steven K. Howard +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that reform is needed because the long work hours of clinicians adversely affect the quality of health care and current policies regulating residents' hours of work and options for new regulations governing residency shifts.
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New requirements for resident duty hours.
TL;DR: A systematic review of the effectiveness of critical appraisal skills training for clinicians and the impact of an evidence-based medicine curriculum based on adult learning theory on students' reading habits and knowledge is presented.
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The debate over residents' work hours.
TL;DR: The system of training resident physicians in the United States is about to undergo substantial changes, and more — but not all — residents will be limited to 80 hours of work per week, averaged over a four-week period.
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Pregnancy during residency: a literature review.
TL;DR: The author comments on the use of existing data to make common sense changes and on the need for further studies to help clarify the issues and evaluate program changes.
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Duty hours for resident physicians--tough choices for teaching hospitals.
TL;DR: Those involved in graduate medical education have long struggled with competing priorities that surround the issue of residents' work hours: providing each trainee with an adequate amount of clinical experience; protecting time for teaching conferences and self-study; preserving sufficient continuity of patient care; and avoiding excessive fatigue.