Postoperative Respiratory Monitoring After Neuraxial Opioid Administration for Cesarean Delivery

Completed

Conditions studied: Respiratory Depression

In brief

Respiratory depression occurs in labor and delivery; noticeably when neuraxial opioids are given.Pathophysiological respiratory depression -failure to respond to hypercapnia or hypoxia - is challenging to measure clinically.American Society of Anesthesiologist guidelines recommend suitable respiratory monitoring for 24 hours post cesarean delivery (CD). Use of capnograph will enable us to assess breath-by-breathe respiration in a population receiving neuraxial opioids - potentially at risk for respiratory depression. Our aim is to assess our ability to capture maternal postpartum respiratory parameters in a cohort following opioid neuraxial administration for CD.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT02417038
Run by
Stanford University
People needed
80
Starts
2015-04-01
Expected to finish
2016-04-15
Last updated by the study team
2017-05-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

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Where it is running

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