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Emily Zoe Barney Hall

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology, Ambulatory

Selected Publications


The 90% effective dose of intrathecal hyperbaric bupivacaine for Cesarean delivery under combined spinal-epidural anesthesia in parturients with super obesity: an up-down sequential allocation study.

Journal Article Can J Anaesth · May 2024 PURPOSE: To determine the 90% effective dose (ED90) of intrathecal hyperbaric bupivacaine for Cesarean delivery under combined spinal-epidural anesthesia (CSE) in parturients with super obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥ 50 kg·m-2). METHODS: We enrolled part ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block

Chapter · January 1, 2024 The pericapsular nerve group (or PENG) block is a regional anesthesia technique designed to anesthetize a number of small articular nerve branches that supply the anterior and medial joint capsule as well as much of the articular surfaces of the femur and ... Full text Cite

The Duke Hotspotting Initiative: Providing Meaningful Clinical Experiences and Improving Clinical Readiness for First-Year Medical Students.

Journal Article Acad Med · November 2020 PROBLEM: Many medical schools now incorporate meaningful clinical experiences for first-year medical students (MS1s). However, these clinical placements often fail to teach components of the physician experience, including health care logistics, cost-consc ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ropivacaine and Ketorolac Wound Infusion for Post-Cesarean Delivery Analgesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal Article Obstet Gynecol · February 2020 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of wound infusion with ropivacaine plus ketorolac compared with placebo for post-cesarean delivery analgesia in women who received a multimodal analgesic regimen including intrathecal morphine. METHODS: In a randomized d ... Full text Link to item Cite

Inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus treated successfully with crisaborole ointment in a 5-year-old boy.

Journal Article Pediatr Dermatol · May 2019 Inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus (ILVEN) is a chronic, a linear, or whorled array of inflammatory, following the lines of Blaschko. Treatment of ILVEN is challenging with numerous therapies of varying degrees of success reported. We present a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Elephant shark melanocortin receptors: Novel interactions with MRAP1 and implication for the HPI axis.

Journal Article Gen Comp Endocrinol · February 1, 2019 The presence of Mrap1 and Mrap2 orthologs in the genome of the elephant shark (es), a cartilaginous fish, presented an opportunity to evaluate the potential interactions between these accessory proteins and melanocortin receptors of a cartilaginous fish. R ... Full text Link to item Cite

Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Chapter · 2015 This book is a compilation of surgical techniques and pearls for the management of cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spinal pathology from some of the world's most prominent figures in spine surgery. ... Cite