NCT01438099

Reliability of Ultrasound Assisted Epidural Analgesia in Obese and Normal Weight Parturients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 300 (actual)
• Sponsor: Università degli Studi dell'Insubria · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study wants to investigate if ultrasound assisted epidural catheter insertion for labor analgesia is easier and safer to the standard epidural technique.

Detailed description

This study has four specific aims: 1. to evaluate congruity between palpatory technique and ultrasound lumbar evaluation to identify the correct spinal space; 2. to compare between ultrasound evaluation and needle measure of skin-epidural space depth; 3. to compare between longitudinal and transverse ultrasound epidural space depth in obese and normal parturients; 4. to check the reduction of complications and failure rates of epidural analgesia with ultrasound assistance.

Conditions

• Pregnancy

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-10-01
• Primary completion: 2013-07-01
• Completion: 2013-07-01
• First posted: 2011-09-21
• Last updated: 2013-08-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy