title: ACOG Committee Opinion No. 519: Fatigue and patient safety.
abstract: It has long been recognized that fatigue can affect human cognitive and physical function. Although there are limited published data on the effects of fatigue on health care providers, including full-time practicing physicians, there is increasing awareness within the patient safety movement that fatigue, even partial sleep deprivation, impairs performance.
mesh_terms: D005221:Fatigue / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D061214:Patient Safety; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*