Does sleep deprivation impair orthopaedic trauma surgeons cognitive and psychomotor performance?
Podium No: 087 Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:54 AM – 12:00 PM Location: Venetian Hotel Palazzo P Michael J O’Brien, MD New Orleans LA Robert V O’Toole, MD Baltimore MD Mary Zadnik Newell, OTR Baltimore MD Jason Warren Nascone, MD Baltimore MD Marcus F Sciadini, MD Baltimore MD Andrew N Pollak, MD Baltimore MD Clifford H Turen, MD Macon GA W Andrew Eglseder, MD Baltimore MD Moderator(s): Ty Henry Goletz, MD San Antonio TX Thomas A Malvitz, MD Grand Rapids MI In a clinical study of cognitive function in a sleep deprived state, orthopaedic trauma residents showed a significant deterioration of performance when they slept less than 2 hours. Sleep deprivation may slow reaction time, cloud judgment, and impair the ability to think. Previous studies have shown a deterioration in physician performance when acutely sleep deprived, but none have examined this effect on orthopaedic trauma surgeons. The purpose of the present investigation was to study the cognitive and psychomotor performance o
