Does Maternal Fever During Labor Analgesia Has Any Relationship With Maternal Ventilation?
Completed
Conditions studied: Pregnancy
In brief
Epidural techniques offer the advantage of being able to titrate the level, density, and duration of the blockade through the use of a catheter and are associated with relative maternal hemodynamic stability. One of the disadvantages, however, include a raise in maternal temperature that is attributed to labor epidural technique. This study will assess if decreased maternal ventilation following induction of labor analgesia causes a raise in temperature.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02339389
- Run by
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- People needed
- 57
- Starts
- 2014-08-14
- Expected to finish
- 2016-09-02
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-03-19
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 40. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Parturient with no major co-morbidities
- Singleton, vertex gestation at term (38-42 weeks)
- Less than 5 cm dilation
- Intact fetal membranes or rupture for < 6 hrs.
- Desire to have an epidural technique for labor analgesia
You may not qualify if…
- Current or historical evidence of clinically significant disease or condition, including diseases of pregnancy (i.e preeclampsia, gestational diabetes)
- Any contraindication to the administration of an epidural technique
- History of hypersensitivity or idiosyncratic reaction to local anesthetic or opioid medications
- Current or historical evidence of a disease which may result in the risk of a cesarean delivery (i.e. vaginal birth after cesarean section, history of uterine rupture)
- Evidence of anticipated fetal anomalies
- Signs or symptoms consistent with an infection or sepsis; baseline temperature < 37 degrees Celsius, or 99 degrees Fahrenheit.
Where it is running
- Brigham and Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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