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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:2420
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Sleep Deprivation and Results in Cardiac Surgery: Dangerous Study With Very Dangerous Conclusions

Pasquale Totaro, MD

Cardiac Surgery Division, Regional Cardiac Center, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, SA6 6NL UK

(Email: ptotaro@yahoo.com).

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To the Editor:

I read with interest the article by Ellman and co-authors [1] addressing the very important issue of a surgeon's working time restriction. In their article, Ellman and co-authors [1] wanted to demonstrate that sleep deprivation does not affect the performances of cardiac surgeons, and therefore that a restriction in the working hours for surgeons is not mandatory. To support their thesis, they also state that "...the surgeon's long hours . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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