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Joel Katz

Distinguished Research Professor and Canada Research Chair in Health Psychology, York …
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[HTML][HTML] Effect of reducing interns' work hours on serious medical errors in intensive care units

…, R Kaushal, E Burdick, JT Katz… - … England Journal of …, 2004 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Although sleep deprivation has been shown to impair neurobehavioral
performance, few studies have measured its effects on medical errors. Methods We conducted a …

The Toronto General Hospital Transitional Pain Service: development and implementation of a multidisciplinary program to prevent chronic postsurgical pain

J Katz, A Weinrib, SR Fashler, R Katznelzon… - Journal of pain …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP), an often unanticipated result of necessary and even life-saving
procedures, develops in 5–10% of patients one-year after major surgery. Substantial …

The incidence and predictors of job burnout in first-year internal medicine residents: a five-institution study

…, H Bazari, L Bellini, C Kapadia, JT Katz… - Academic …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Purpose Job burnout is prevalent among US internal medicine (IM) residents and may lead
to depression, suboptimal patient care, and medical errors. This study sought to identify …

The psychology of chronic post-surgical pain: new frontiers in risk factor identification, prevention and management

…, KA Birnie, LC Burns, H Clarke, J Katz - British journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
In an era of considerable advances in anaesthesiology and pain medicine, chronic pain
after major surgery continues to be problematic. This article briefly reviews the known …

Effect of neonatal circumcision on pain response during subsequent routine vaccination

A Taddio, J Katz, AL Ilersich, G Koren - The lancet, 1997 - thelancet.com
Background Preliminary studies suggested that pain experienced by infants in the neonatal
period may have long-lasting effects on future infant behaviour. The objectives of this study …

The Critical Care Safety Study: The incidence and nature of adverse events and serious medical errors in intensive care

…, E Burdick, PH Stone, CM Lilly, JT Katz… - Critical care …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Critically ill patients require high-intensity care and may be at especially high risk
of iatrogenic injury because they are severely ill. We sought to study the incidence and …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of reducing interns' weekly work hours on sleep and attentional failures

…, CP Landrigan, JM Rothschild, JT Katz… - … England Journal of …, 2004 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Knowledge of the physiological effects of extended (24 hours or more) work
shifts in postgraduate medical training is limited. We aimed to quantify work hours, sleep, and …

Measurement of pain

J Katz, R Melzack - Surgical Clinics of North America, 1999 - Elsevier
Pain is a personal, subjective experience influenced by cultural learning, the meaning of the
situation, attention, and other psychological variables. Pain processes do not begin with the …

Acute pain after thoracic surgery predicts long-term post-thoracotomy pain

J Katz, M Jackson, BP Kavanagh… - The Clinical journal of …, 1996 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Long-term pain is a common sequela of thoracotomy, occurring in approximately
50% of patients 2 years after thoracic surgery. Despite this alarming statistic, little is known …

Transition from acute to chronic postsurgical pain: risk factors and protective factors

J Katz, Z Seltzer - Expert review of neurotherapeutics, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Most patients who undergo surgery recover uneventfully and resume their normal daily
activities within weeks. Nevertheless, chronic postsurgical pain develops in an alarming …