U.S., Sept. 17 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07823179) titled 'Effect of Night Shift Versus Daytime Duty on Tracheal Intubation Complications and Duration in Surgical Patients' on Sept. 11.
Brief Summary: Airway management is one of the most critical steps of anesthesia, and its complications can be life-threatening. Reduced staffing, differences in personnel experience, and physical and mental fatigue during off-hours (evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays) may affect the quality of care and patient safety - a phenomenon described in the literature as the "after-hours effect." While this effect has been studied for outcomes such as cardiac arrest and intensive care mortality, evidence spec...