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Brendan Carvalho
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Anesthesia
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Department of Anesthesia 300 Pasteur Dr H3589 MC 5640 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 724-2614 Fax (650) 725-8544Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Anesthesia
- Anesthesia, Obstetrical
Professional Education
| Residency: | Southwest School of Anesthesia, England (2001) |
| Residency: | St. Thomas Hospital, England (1999) |
| Internship: | Groote Schuur Hospital, S. Africa (1995) |
| Medical Education: | University of Witwatersrand, South Africa (1994) |
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
I am primarily interested in clinical and translational research covering various aspects related to cesarean anesthesia and labor analgesia. My current area of research focus is post-cesarean pain, predicting pain, pregnancy-induced changes in pain perception, long-acting neuraxial opioids, and patient-controlled epidural labor analgesia. In addition, I have done research on patient perception of cesarean anesthesia risk, determination of effective local anesthetic dosing for intrathecal cesarean anesthesia and peripartum experimental pain thresholds and tolerances. My main research interest lies in developing novel ways of improving post-cesarean and peripartum labor pain. I hope to understand pregnancy-induced changes in pain perception and the mechanism behind post-operative pain. In the future, I hope we will be able to identify patients at risk and prevent the development persistent post-cesarean pain.
Clinical Trials
- A study comparing two spinal techniques for for cesarean delivery anesthesia Recruiting
- Effects of Epidural Lidocaine on the Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Profiles of DepoDurŪ After Cesarean Delivery Recruiting
- Pain Study of Rectus Muscle Closure at Cesarean Delivery Recruiting
- Effects of a peripheral nerve block on biomarkers of pain and inflammation Completed
Publications
- Analgesic requirements and postoperative recovery after scheduled compared to unplanned cesarean delivery: a retrospective chart review. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2010; (1): 10-5
- In reply. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2009; (1): 89-90
- Accidental intrathecal sufentanil overdose during combined spinal-epidural analgesia for labor. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2009; (1): 78-80
- Hetastarch co-loading is as effective as pre-loading for the prevention of hypotension following spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2009; (2): 150-5
- In reply. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2009
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