Batool Abuhalimeh

Many argue that the concept of “work-life balance” is impossible to achieve for busy physicians. After spending years in medical training and building a career in healthcare, physicians often find their work encroaching upon other aspects of day-to-day life. Over the past decade, studies have shown that physician burnout, stress, depression, mental health, and general lack of well-being affects productivity, efficiency, and patient care.

A total of 292 patients (age 50.6 ± 18.0 years, 73% females) with IPAH (88%) and HPAH (12%) were included. Of them, 143 (49%) had SpO 2 >90% at rest and during 6MWT, 89 (31%) subjects had hypoxemia during 6MWT and 60 (20%) had hypoxemia at rest. Patients with hypoxemia had older age, greater body mass index, higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, worse functional capacity and pulmonary function tests but less severe pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension.