Real-time Ultrasound Guided Labor Epidural Placement

Withdrawn before enrolling

Conditions studied: Epidural Anesthesia

In brief

Specific Aim: The purpose of this study is to determine if labor epidural placement using real-time (concurrent) ultrasound guided placement is superior to the conventional "standard" epidural technique without the use of ultrasound at Magee-Womens Hospital. Hypothesis: Ultrasound guided labor epidural placement in real-time will decrease the traditional epidural failure rate from 5% to 1%.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00811304

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

0

Starts

2009-01-01

Expected to finish

2010-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-02-04

Who can join

Age: 14 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All pregnant women of childbearing age (including children aged 14 years and above) who request epidural analgesia at Magee-Womens Hospital will be eligible to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if…

• Men will not be included.

Where it is running

• Magee-Womens Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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