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University of Pittsburgh
This is a randomized controlled trial to assess the effect of bladder catheterization method during labor with epidural anesthesia on the rate of postpartum urinary retention.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Pregnant patients planning vaginal delivery presenting in labor or for induction of labor
Age 18 years and older
Live fetus
Receive epidural anesthesia
You may not be if
those under 18 years old
those with stillbirth
those with baseline overactive bladder symptoms, neurogenic bladder diagnoses, or otherwise using bladder catheterization during pregnancy
Patients will be excluded from UTI analyses if:
they received antibiotics intrapartum
had bacteriuria diagnosed by a clean catch specimen showing \>100,000 CFU/mL of a single bacterial species, regardless of symptoms
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