Overnight call is associated with poor resting heart rate and heart rate variability in orthopaedic surgeons

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine orthopaedic surgery residents’ and attending surgeons’ resting heart rate (RHR) and heart rate variability (HRV) and if there is a correlation between subject-specific variables (age, attending surgeon, resident, postgraduate year (PGY) level, gender, number of calls, total hours worked, and total hours of sleep) and surgeon RHR and HRV.