Publications, Dr. David Birnbach (2005 - present)

  1. Ranasinghe JS, Kafi S, Oppenheimer J, Birnbach DJ.  Hemorrhagic stroke following elective cesarean delivery.  Int J Obstet Anesth  2008;17(3):271-4.
  2. Nevo I, Scheinman S, Fitzpatrick M, Birnbach DJ. A Novel Simulation Methodology for Designing a Patient Safe Hospital. Submitted for Publication.
  3. Ransinghe JS, Lee AJ, Birnbach DJ. Infection associated with central venous or epidural catheters:How to reduce it? Current Opin Anesthesiol  2008;21(3):386-90.
  4. Bognar A, Barach P, Johnson JK, Duncan R, Birnbach DJ, Woods D, Holl J, Bacha EA. Errors and the burden of errors: Attitudes, perceptions, and the culture of safety in pediatric cardiac surgical teams. Ann Thorac Surg  2008;85:1374-81
  5. Davidson EM, Sklar EM, Abdi S, Bhattia R, Birnbach DJ. Evaluation of MR Imaging Following Neuraxial Injection. A Prospective Study to Determine Whether Epidural Injection Produces Pathologic MRI Findings. In Press, RAPM  2008.
  6. Vigoda M, Lubarsky DA, Perry K, Wu E, Birnbach DJ. Use of an Anesthesia Information System to Identify and Trend Gender Disparities in Outpatient Medical Management of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. In Press, Anesth Analg  Jul 2008.
  7. Salas E, Wilson KA, Lazzara E, King HB, Augenstein JS, Robinson DW, Birnbach DJ. Simulation-based training for patient safety. 10 priniciples that matter. J Patient Saf  2008;4:3-8.
  8. Rosen MA, Salas E, Wilson KA, King HB, Salisbury M, Augenstein JS, Robinson DW, Birnbach DJ.  Measuring Team Performance in Simulation-Based Training: Adopting Best Practices for Healthcare. Sim Healthcare  2008:3;33-41.
  9. Birnbach DJ, Soens M. Hotly debated topics in obstetric anesthesiology 2008: a theory of relativity.  Minerva Anestesiol  2008:74;1-16.
  10. Birnbach DJ, Salas E. Can medical simulation and team training reduce errors in labor and delivery?  Anesthesiol Clin  2008:26;159-68.
  11. Birnbach DJ, Ranasinghe JS. Anesthesia complications in the birthplace: is the neuraxial block always to blame? Clin Perinatol 2008:35;35-52
  12. Birnbach DJ, Soens M, Ranasinghe JS, van Zundert A. Obstetric anesthesia for the obese and morbidly obese patient: an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of treatment. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2008:52;6-19.
  13. Candiotti KA, Nhuch F, Kamat A, Deepika K, Arheart K,Birnbach DJ, Lubarsky DA. Granisetron versus ondansetron treatment for breakthrough postoperative nausea and vomiting after prophylactic ondansetron failure: a pilot study. Anesth Analg 2007:104;1370-73.
  14. Nielsen PE, Goldman MB, Mann S, Shapiro DE, Marcus RG, Pratt SD, Greenberg P,McNamee P, Salisbury M, Birnbach DJ, et al.  Effects of teamwork training on adverse outcomes and process of care in labor and delivery: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol 2007;109:48-55.
  15. D'Alton ME, Aronson MP, Birnbach DJ, Bracken MB, Dawood MY, et al. National Institutes of Health state-of-the-science conference statement: Cesarean delivery on maternal request March 27-29, 2006.Obstet Gynecol  2006;107(6):1386-97
  16. Birnbach DJ, Hernandez M, van Zundert AA. Neurologic complications of neuraxial analgesia for labor. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2005;18:513-7.
  17. Santos AC, Birnbach DJ.  Spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery in severely preeclamptic women: don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater!  Anesth Analg 2005;101:859-61.
  18. Hernandez M, Birnbach DJ, Van Zundert AA. Anesthetic management of the illicit-substance-using patient. Current Opin Anaesthesiol  2005;18:315-24.
  19. Candiotti KA, Kamat A, Barach P, Nhuch F, Lubarsky DA,  Birnbach DJ.  Emergency preparedness for biological and  chemical incidents: a survey of anesthesiology residency programs in the United States.Anesth Analg  2005;101:1135-40.
  20. Browne IM, Birnbach DJ, Stein DJ, O’Gorman DA, Kuroda M.  A comparison of Espocan and Tuohy Needles for the combined spinal-epidural (CSE) technique for labor analgesia. Anesth Analg  2005;101:535-40.
  21. Candiotti KA, Birnbach DJ, Lubarsky DA, Nhuch F, et al. The impact of pharmacogenomics on postoperative nausea and vomiting. Do CYP2D6 allele copy number and polymorphisms affect the success or failure of ondansetron prophylaxis Anesthesiology 2005;102:543-49.