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Sophia Dunworth

Sophia Dunworth

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology, VA Anesthesiology Service
sophia.dunworth@duke.edu
508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Transitional Pain Service: Optimizing Complex Surgical Patients.

Journal Article Current pain and headache reports · March 2024 Purpose of reviewThe care of patients with complex postsurgical pain can be challenging and burdensome for the healthcare system. Transitional pain service (TPS) is a relatively new concept and has not been widely adopted in the USA. This article ... Full text Cite

Effects of high-intensity interval training with hyperbaric oxygen.

Journal Article Front Physiol · 2022 Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO2) has been proposed as a pre-conditioning method to enhance exercise performance. Most prior studies testing this effect have been limited by inadequate methodologies. Its potential efficacy and mechanism of action remain unknown. We ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Can my patient dive after a first episode of primary spontaneous pneumothorax? A systematic review of the literature.

Journal Article Undersea Hyperb Med · 2018 INTRODUCTION: Patients with prior primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) frequently seek clearance to dive. Despite wide consensus in precluding compressed-air diving in this population, there is a paucity of data to support this decision. We reviewed the ... Open Access Link to item Cite

Hypercapnia in diving: a review of CO₂ retention in submersed exercise at depth.

Journal Article Undersea Hyperb Med · 2017 Carbon dioxide (CO₂) retention, or hypercapnia, is a known risk of diving that can cause mental and physical impairments leading to life-threatening accidents. Often, such accidents occur due to elevated inspired carbon dioxide. For instance, in cases of C ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

The Dewey monitor: Pulse oximetry can independently detect hypoxia in a rebreather diver.

Journal Article Undersea Hyperb Med · 2017 Rebreather diving has one of the highest fatality rates per man hour of any diving activity in the world. The leading cause of death is hypoxia, typically from equipment or procedural failures. Hypoxia causes very few symptoms prior to causing loss of cons ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Assessment of the interaction of hyperbaric N2, CO2, and O2 on psychomotor performance in divers.

Journal Article J Appl Physiol (1985) · October 1, 2016 Diving narcosis results from the complex interaction of gases, activities, and environmental conditions. We hypothesized that these interactions could be separated into their component parts. Where previous studies have tested single cognitive tasks sequen ... Full text Link to item Cite