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The use of ultrasound for lumbar spinous process identification: A pilot studyStephen H Halpern
Department of Anesthesia, Women s College Hospital, University of Toronto, 76 Grenville Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 1B2, Canada
Can J Anaesth 57:817-22. 2010..The purpose of this study was to determine the number of patients required to train anesthesiologists in the use of ultrasound imaging to accurately identify the lumbar spinous processes...- Effect of labor analgesia on labor outcomeStephen H Halpern
University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Division of Obstetrical Anesthesia, Toronto, Canada
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 23:317-22. 2010..Finally we discussed the impact of neuraxial analgesia, given early in labor, compared with later administration... - Patient-controlled epidural analgesia for laborStephen H Halpern
Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Anesth Analg 108:921-8. 2009..Research into new delivery strategies, such as mandatory programmed intermittent boluses and computerized feedback dosing, is ongoing... - Conversion of epidural labour analgesia to anaesthesia for Caesarean section: a prospective study of the incidence and determinants of failureS H Halpern
Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 76 Grenville St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1B2
Br J Anaesth 102:240-3. 2009..The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether or not this is an achievable standard in a university teaching hospital. We also wished to determine the factors influencing the incidence of inadequate anaesthesia... 
A multicenter randomized controlled trial comparing patient-controlled epidural with intravenous analgesia for pain relief in laborStephen H Halpern
Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Centre, 76 Grenville Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1B2 Canada
Anesth Analg 99:1532-8; table of contents. 2004..These observations support the hypothesis that PCEA does not result in an increased incidence of obstetrical intervention compared with PCIA. PCEA provides superior analgesia and less maternal and neonatal sedation compared with PCIA...- A multicenter, randomized, controlled trial comparing bupivacaine with ropivacaine for labor analgesiaStephen H Halpern
Department of Anaesthesia, Sunnybrook and Women s Health Sciences Centre, Women s College Campus, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Anesthesiology 98:1431-5. 2003..The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a difference in these outcomes when a low concentration of patient-controlled epidural bupivacaine combined with fentanyl is compared with ropivacaine combined with fentanyl... - High quality labour analgesia using small gauge epidural needles and cathetersPamela J Angle
Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 1B2, Canada
Can J Anaesth 53:263-7. 2006..We report the first study to examine the feasibility of using small G Tuohy needles and 23 G catheters for labour analgesia... - The effect of epidural needle type on postdural puncture headache: a randomized trialPatricia K Morley-Forster
Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Can J Anaesth 53:572-8. 2006..A secondary purpose was to determine if the incidence of postdural puncture headache (PDPH ) differed between groups when ADP occurred... - Epidural ropivacaine versus bupivacaine for labor: a meta-analysisStephen H Halpern
Department of Anaesthesia, Sunnybrook and Women s Health Sciences Centre, Women s College Site and the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Anesth Analg 96:1473-9, table of contents. 2003..There was no significant difference between the two drugs in mode of delivery, maternal satisfaction, or neonatal outcomes. Whether or not there is a difference in motor block at clinically relevant doses is unresolved... - Preload or coload for spinal anesthesia for elective Cesarean delivery: a meta-analysisArnab Banerjee
Division of Obstetrical Anesthesia and the Obstetrical Anesthesia Research Unit of the Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre at Women s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1B2, Canada
Can J Anaesth 57:24-31. 2010.... - Misconceptions about neuraxial analgesiaStephen H Halpern
Departments of Anesthesia and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto, Sunnybrook and Women s Health Science Centre, 76 Grenville Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1B2
Anesthesiol Clin North America 21:59-70. 2003..These topics warrant continued investigation... - Cusum analysis is a useful tool to assess resident proficiency at insertion of labour epiduralsViren N Naik
Department of Anesthesia, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Can J Anaesth 50:694-8. 2003..It has been used to determine proficiency in technical procedures. We used cusum to determine the number of labour epidural attempts necessary for proficiency in our training program... - A randomized controlled trial examining the effect of naproxen on analgesia during the second day after cesarean deliveryPamela J Angle
Department of Anesthesia, Women s College Hospital Campus, Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto, 76 Grenville Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1B2 Canada
Anesth Analg 95:741-5, table of contents. 2002..The greatest effects occur at 36 h, when pain peaks...