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Sheila E. Cohen

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Academic Appointments
Appointment
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Emeritus (Active) Professor
Anesthesia
Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council
Anesthesia
  
Research Interests

Our obstetric anesthesia group is interested in a variety of topics including the efficacy and mechanism of action of spinal and epidural opioids for production of analgesia during labor, and the functionality of epidural analgesia for labor pain relief. Recently, techniques have been directed at providing excellent analgesia with no or minimal motor blockade or side effects. We have performed clinical and volunteer studies to examine the effects of spinal sufentanil (a short-acting synthetic opioid) given to relieve labor pain, and the potential benefits of "walking epidurals" - a technique for epidural analgesia using such dilute solutions of local anesthetics combined with opioids that patients are able to ambulate.

Publications
  • Cohen SE, Andes LC, Carvalho B "Assessment of knowledge regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation of pregnant women." Int J Obstet Anesth 2008; 17: 1: 20-5 More »
  • Carvalho B, Fuller A, Brummel C, Cohen SE "Local infiltration of epinephrine-containing lidocaine with bicarbonate reduces superficial bleeding and pain during labor epidural catheter insertion: a randomized trial." Int J Obstet Anesth 2007; More »
  • Carvalho B, Cohen SE, Giarrusso K, Durbin M, Riley ET, Lipman S "In reply." Int J Obstet Anesth 2006; 15: 3: 262-3 More »
  • Carvalho B, Wang P, Cohen SE "A survey of labor patient-controlled epidural anesthesia practice in California hospitals." Int J Obstet Anesth 2006; 15: 3: 217-22 More »
  • Carvalho B, Chu L, Fuller A, Cohen SE, Riley ET "Valdecoxib for postoperative pain management after cesarean delivery: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study." Anesth Analg 2006; 103: 3: 664-70 More »
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