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Do Epidurals Placed at a Lower Level Improve Labor Analgesia?

Do Epidurals Placed at a Lower Level Improve Labour Analgesia

NCT00954317•Royal Victoria Hospital, Canada

Summary

The investigators wish to compare the analgesia provided by epidurals placed high in the lumbar spine versus epidurals place low in the lumbar spine.

Eligibility

Age

18 - No limit years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Inclusion Criteria

•women in active labor

Exclusion Criteria

•known contraindications to epidural analgesia
•moderate to severe systemic illness as evidenced by an American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score of 3 or higher.
•known abnormalities of the spinal column
•any neurologic illness
•multiple gestations, fetal abnormalities or fetal presentation other than vertex
•recent history of analgesic usage
•an inability to communicate in English or French
•Body Mass Index greater than 40
•patients in pain requesting an immediate epidural

Locations (1)

Royal Victoria Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Key Dates

Start Date

September 1, 2009

Primary Completion Date

January 1, 2014

Completion Date

January 1, 2014

Last Updated

November 30, 2012

Enrollment

100

ESTIMATED participants

Conditions

Labor Analgesia

Interventions

epidural placed low

PROCEDURE

high epidural

PROCEDURE

Contacts

albert r moore, md

CONTACT

514.934.1934 moore_albert@hotmail.com

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Do Epidurals Placed at a Lower Level Improve Labor Analgesia?

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