NCT01708668

The Effects of Intermittent Epidural Bolus on Fever During Labor Analgesia

The Effects of Intermittent Epidural Bolus Versus Continuous Epidural Infusion on Fever for Labor Analgesia in Primiparous Women

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: ShanWu Feng, M.D. · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 20 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Epidural analgesia is associated with maternal intra-partum fever during labor. Intermittent epidural injections appear to reduce the incidence of maternal intra-partum fever compared to continuous epidural infusion during labor analgesia. However, the optimal combination of bolus volume and administrating interval has not yet been compared. The purpose of this prospective, randomized, double-blind trial was to determine how intermittent epidural bolus reduced the incidence of maternal intra-partum fever compared with continuous epidural infusion during labor.

Conditions

• Labor Pain
• Pain
• Neurologic Manifestations
• Signs and Symptoms
• Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Epidural analgesia
PROCEDURE	Combined spinal-epidural analgesia
PROCEDURE	Continuous epidural infusion
PROCEDURE	Intermittent epidural bolus

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-10-01
• Primary completion: 2015-07-01
• Completion: 2017-06-01
• First posted: 2012-10-17
• Last updated: 2015-01-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China