Resident duty-hour reform associated with increased complication rate
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 10:07
in Health & Medicine
Rosemont, Ill. -- A new study finds a 2003 reform of the length of resident on-duty hours has led to an increase in the rate of perioperative (the span of all three phases of surgery: before, during and after) complications for patients treated for hip fractures. Among other restrictions, this reform limited the resident workweek to 80 hours.