Physicians

Chief, Women's Anesthesiology
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations

Departments / Divisions

• Anesthesiology / Anesthesiology-Womens Division
• Obstetrics/Gynecology

Address
DUMC 3094
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-668-6266

Office Telephone
919-668-6266

Fax Telephone
919-668-6265

Training

• MD, Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine (Canada), 1983

Residency

• Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (Anesthesia) (Canada), 1989

Fellowship

• Obstetric Anesthesia, University of Pennsylvania Hospitals, 1991

Clinical Interests
Obstetric anesthesia, operating-room management, airway management

Research Interests
My principle area of interest is obstetric anesthesia. With in this context I am interested in effects of interventions on obstetric outcome, both maternal and neonatal. I also have an interest in the genetics of medicine as it related to obstetric outcomes, largely pre eclampsia, preterm labor and dystocia. Pain management is a secondary interest. I am currently investigating the ethnic and cultural influences on pain expression. I have an additional interest in genetic and molecular aspects of pain perception.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This physician has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Barbeito A, Schultz J, Muir H, Dwane P, Olufolabi A, Breeen T, Habib A, Millar S, Drysdale S, Spahn T. ASA Physical Status Classification – A Pregnant Pause. Anesthesiology. 2002;96:P96. (2002)

Breen TW, Muir HA, Dwane P, Olufolabi A, Schultz J, Habiab A, Millar S, Drysdale S, Spahn T. Anesthesiology. 2002;96:P53 (2002)

DeBalli P, Spahn T, Muir HA. Are Routine Type and Screen Orders Necessary for Cesarean Section? Anesthesiology. 2002;96:P86. (2002)

Drysdale S. Muir H. New Techniques and Drugs for Epidural Labor Analgesia. Seminars in Perinatology. 2002; 26:99-108 (2002)

Habib A, Drysdale S, Olufolabi A, Philips-Bute BG, Muir HA. Factors Predicting Failure of Labor Epidural Catheters During Cesarean Section. Anesthesiology. 2002;96:P75. (2002)

Habib A, Drysdale S, Phillips-Bute BG, Muir HA. Pruritis Associated with Intrathecal Morphine for Cesarean Section: A Comparison Between 100 and 200 MCG. Anesthesiology.2002;96:P85. (2002)

Habib AS, Helsley S, Millar S, Muir HA. Anesthesia for Cesarean Section in a Patient with Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Anesthesiology, 2002; 96:P33. (2002)

Habib AS, Millar S, Muir HA. Anesthetic Management of a Ventilator Dependent Parturient with the King-Denborough Syndrome. Anesthesiology. 2002;94:P32 (2002)

Helsley S, Muir H, Breen T, DeBalli P, Dwane P, Drysdale S, Habib A, Millar S, Schultz J, Olufolabi A. Cosyntropin for Treatment of Postdural Puncture Headache. Anesthesiology. 2002;96:P107 (2002)

Hodnett ED, Lowe NK, Hannah ME, Willan AR, Stevens B, Weston JA, Ohlsson A, Gafni A, Muir HA, Myhr TL, Stremler R, . Effectiveness of nurses as providers of birth labor support in North American hospitals: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2002 Sep 18;288(11):1373-81. (2002) Abstract

Muir HA, Hodnott ED, Hannah ME, Lowe NK, Willan AR, Stevens B, Weston JA, Gafni A, Myhr TL, Stremler R. The Influence of Continuous Labor Support on the Choice of Analgesia, Ambulation and Obstetric Outcome. Anesthesiology 2002;96:P44 (2002)

Habib AS, Muir H, Bell E, Phillips- Bute B, Reynolds J. Magnesium Sulphate and analgesic requirements following cesarean section. Anesthesiology 2001;94:A87.Abstract (2001)

Mark Norris, Ed. Obstetric Complication: The Premature Fetus. In Obstetric Anaesthesia. JB Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, PA. 1992 ,1999 (1999)

Muir H, McGrath J, Chestnut D. Preterm Labor and Delivery. Obstetric Anesthesia: Principles and Practices. David Chestnut ed., Mosby, Philadelphia PA, second edition, 1999 (1999)

Muir H. The Premature Fetus. Obstetric Anesthesia. MC Norris ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Phildelphia, PA, second edition, 1999 (1999)

Crosby ET, Cooper RM, Douglas MJ, Doyle DJ, Hung OR, Labrecque P, Muir H, Murphy MG, Preston RP, Rose DK, Roy L. The unanticipated difficulty airway with recommendations for management. Can J Anaesth 1998:45:757-776 (1998)

Muir HA, Writer D, Douglas J, Weeks S, Gambling D, Macarthur A. Double-blind comparison of epidural ropivacaine 0.25% and bupivacaine 0.25%, for the relief of childbirth pain. Can J Anaesth. 1997 Jun;44(6):599-604. (1997) Abstract