title: Factors influencing vigilance and performance of anesthetists.
abstract: As a group, anesthetists have been the leaders in medicine in the study of vigilance, performance, and safety. This review updates the work that has been done in the last year regarding the study of anesthetist vigilance and performance. Much of this work has been performed with the use of patient simulators.
authors.affiliation: VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA. showard@leland.stanford.edu
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Gaba