Program Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship

• Anesthesiology / Anesthesiology
• Pediatrics / Anesthesiology
• Pediatrics / Critical Care Medicine

Address:
DUMC 3094
Durham, NC 27710

Office Telephone:
919-681-4877

Fax Telephone:
919-668-4228

• MD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine (Missouri), 1978

• Pediatrics, Saint Louis University Hospital (Missouri), 1981
• Anesthesiology, Washington University Medical Center (Missouri), 1987

• Pediatric Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), 1987-1988

Clinical Interests:
Blood management, mechanical ventilation, postoperative delirium

Research Interests:
Postoperative Delirium
Transfusion Practice in the PICU
Blood Conservation Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia
Airway Pressure Monitoring in Mechanically Ventilated Children
Human Patient Simulation

Representative Publications:
Weldon BC. Blood conservation in pediatric anesthesia. Anesthesiol Clin North America. 2005 Jun;23(2):347-61, vii. (2005) Abstract

Monk TG, Saini V, Weldon BC, Sigl JC. Anesthetic management and one-year mortality after noncardiac surgery. Anesth Analg. 2005 Jan;100(1):4-10. (2005) Abstract

Dela Cruz RH, Banner MJ, Weldon BC. Intratracheal pressure: a more accurate reflection of pulmonary airway pressure in pediatric patients with respiratory failure. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2005 Mar;6(2):175-81. (2005) Abstract

Weldon BC, Bell M, Craddock T. The effect of caudal analgesia on emergence agitation in children after sevoflurane versus halothane anesthesia. Anesth Analg. 2004 Feb;98(2):321-6, table of contents. (2004) Abstract

Weldon BC, Connor M, White PF. Pediatric PCA: the role of concurrent opioid infusions and nurse-controlled analgesia. Clin J Pain. 1993 Mar;9(1):26-33. (1993) Abstract

Weldon BC, Watcha MF, White PF. Oral midazolam in children: effect of time and adjunctive therapy. Anesth Analg. 1992 Jul;75(1):51-5. (1992) Abstract