The hidden threat to patient safety in the Emergency Department – impaired cognitive performance secondary to suppressing the extreme urge to urinate!
Of course, this is only eight volunteers who consumed an average of 2.2 liters of water – and, by impaired cognitive performance, I mean to say they were slightly slower – but, it’s certainly suitable for an April Fool’s Day blog post.
This study shared the 2011 IgNobel Prize for Medicine.
“The Effect of Acute Increase in Urge to Void on Cognitive Function in Healthy Adults”
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21058363