First, Do No Harm: Limiting Resident Work Hours Does Not Harm ICU Patients, Researchers Find

Limits on the number of hours that medical residents are allowed to work in a day does not negatively affect outcomes in even the most sensitive patient population: critically ill patients in intensive care units. Moreover, there has been a decrease in mortality among ICU patients in both teaching and nonteaching hospitals alike during the work-hours reform.

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