Comparison of Ultrasound Guided Low Epidural Catheter Placement With Standard Epidural Catheter Placement

Completed

Conditions studied: Labor Pain

In brief

1. labor epidural quite often require bolus supplementation for better pain control control. Quite often this is due to sparing of sacral nerves. 2. If epidural is placed low in the L5/S1 interspace using ultrasound, this may minimize bolus requirement and improve patient labor experience.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01182220

Run by

University of Chicago

People needed

90

Starts

2013-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-11-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 40. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Active labor age 18 or older

You may not qualify if…

• Known contraindications to epidural analgesia
• Any neurologic illness
• Fetal abnormalities

Where it is running

• University of Chicago Hospitals — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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