Use of Ultrasound in Obstetric Neuraxial Analgesia and Anesthesia Data Base

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Pregnancy

In brief

This is a data base building project on the use of pre-procedure ultrasound for the performance of labor epidural pain relief and spinal anesthesia for cesarean deliveries. Data collection includes ultrasound measured depth, actual needle depth, angle of ultrasound probe, actual needle angle, success rates, patient height and weight, number of attempts needed to place the epidural needle or spinal needle. Currently we are looking at the agreement between ultrasound determined depth of the epidural space or intrathecal space with actual needle depth.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01192074

Run by

University of Missouri-Columbia

People needed

250

Starts

2010-01-01

Expected to finish

2012-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-09-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 55. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Pregnant women in labor or scheduled for induction requesting labor epidural analgesia
• Pregnant women scheduled for cesarean delivery
• Pregnant women in labor who are going to have a non-emergent cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia

You may not qualify if…

• Emergency delivery
• Emergency cesarean section
• Advanced labor
• Contraindications to neuraxial analgesia/anesthesia
• Unable to understand consent
• Under the age of 18

Where it is running

• University of Missouri Women's and Children's Hospital — Columbia, Missouri, United States

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