A recent study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology examines how sleep deprivation affected the quality of screening colonoscopy. Here are five things to know about the study.
• The researchers evaluated screening colonoscopies performed the day after a night call compared to colonoscopies performed after an undisrupted night.
• Physicians who had a night call prior to the screening colonoscopy detected adenomas in 30 percent of patients, while physicians in the control group detected adenomas in 39 percent of patients.
• Mean withdrawal time in the night call group was 15.5 minutes and 14 minutes in the control group.
• The researchers found that despite the longer withdrawal time, physicians on call the night prior had a 24 percent decrease in ADR.
• The study concluded that gastroenterologists should be aware of the affect sleep deprivation can have on procedural outcomes.
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• The researchers evaluated screening colonoscopies performed the day after a night call compared to colonoscopies performed after an undisrupted night.
• Physicians who had a night call prior to the screening colonoscopy detected adenomas in 30 percent of patients, while physicians in the control group detected adenomas in 39 percent of patients.
• Mean withdrawal time in the night call group was 15.5 minutes and 14 minutes in the control group.
• The researchers found that despite the longer withdrawal time, physicians on call the night prior had a 24 percent decrease in ADR.
• The study concluded that gastroenterologists should be aware of the affect sleep deprivation can have on procedural outcomes.
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