Long Working Hours and Pregnancy Complications among Residents
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Physical exhaustion, anxiety, stress, and sleep deprivation are common in the life of a physician. Residents of Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine, and Obstetrics and Gynecology work around 80 hours per week in their residency years. Residency training is physically demanding and highly stressful, and can become even difficult if the female resident is pregnant. The long working hours, sleep deprivation, anxiety, work stress, night duties, can affect the pregnancy outcomes.
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