Scholars@Duke
Adeyemi John Olufolabi

Adeyemi John Olufolabi

Professor of Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology, Women's
Box 3094 Med Ctr, Durham, NC
2301 Erwin Road, 5664 HAFS Building, Durham, NC 27710

Featured Works

Teaching neuraxial anesthesia techniques for obstetric care in a Ghanaian referral hospital: achievements and obstacles.

Journal article Anesth Analg · June 2015 Featured Publication Anesthesia providers in low-income countries may infrequently provide regional anesthesia techniques for obstetrics due to insufficient training and supplies, limited manpower, and a lack of perceived need. In 2007, Kybele, Inc. began a 5-year collaboratio ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Advancing obstetric and neonatal care in a regional hospital in Ghana via continuous quality improvement.

Journal article Int J Gynaecol Obstet · January 2012 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To reduce maternal and neonatal death at a large regional hospital through the use of quality improvement methodologies. METHODS: In 2007, Kybele and the Ghana Health Service formed a partnership to analyze systems and patient care processes at ... Full text Link to item Cite

A pilot study to compare the Episure Autodetect syringe with the glass syringe for identification of the epidural space in parturients.

Journal article Anesth Analg · February 2008 Featured Publication The Episure AutoDetect syringe, a spring-loaded syringe, is a new loss-of-resistance syringe with an internal compression spring that applies constant pressure on the plunger. In this pilot study, we compared the spring-loaded syringe with the standard gla ... Full text Link to item Cite

Iliohypogastric-ilioinguinal peripheral nerve block for post-Cesarean delivery analgesia decreases morphine use but not opioid-related side effects.

Journal article Can J Anaesth · 2002 Featured Publication PURPOSE: To examine if ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerve block could reduce the need for post-Cesarean delivery morphine analgesia and thus reduce the incidence of opioid related adverse-effects. METHODS: A multi-level technique for performing the nerve b ... Full text Link to item Cite