NCT06195774

Effect of Epidural Analgesia on Regional Lung Ventilation in Parturient Women as Assessed by Thoracic Impedance

Impact on Respiratory Function Associated to Epidural Analgesia in Parturient Women as Assessed by Electrical Impedance Tomography: a Monocentric Prospective Study

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Erasme University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this observational study is to learn more about the effect of obstetric epidural anesthesia on regional lung ventilation in healthy parturient women. The main question it aims to answer is whether the initiation or epidural analgesia improves or not regional lung ventilation in healthy women at term during labor. Participants will be subject to measurements of pulmonary impedance by electric impedance tomography before and after the start of epidural analgesia. No change will be applied to clinical care as a result of this measurement.

Conditions

• Pregnancy Complications
• Atelectasis

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-01-01
• Primary completion: 2025-12-01
• Completion: 2026-12-01
• First posted: 2024-01-08
• Last updated: 2024-01-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium