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Effect of Higher Volume and Lower Dose on Analgesic Quality During Labor Analgesia With Dural Puncture Epidural

Turkey (Türkiye)54 participantsStarted 2023-11-20

Plain-language summary

It is aimed in this study to compare the effect of using local anaesthetics in a higher volume and lower dose on the total anesthetic consumption and quality of labor analgesia with dural puncture epidural technique.

Who can participate

Age range20 Years – 45 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion criteria

✓. Healthy nulliparous women
✓. American Society of Anaesthesiology Score of II
✓. During active labor
✓. At weeks 37-42.
✓. Singlet vertex presentation
✓. Cervical dilation \<5 cm at the request of labor analgesia
✓. VAS score \>40

Exclusion criteria

✕. Age \<20 or \>45,
✕. Morbid obesity
✕. Presence of pregnancy-related comorbidities (e.g: gestational diebetes, gestational hypertension and preeclampsia)
✕. History of drug abuse
✕. Contrindication for neuraxial blocks
✕. Conditions that increase the risk of need for cesarean section (e.g. placenta previa, uterus abnormalities or surgeries)
✕. Diagnosed fetal abnormalities
✕. Cases where dura gets punctured unintendedly with the epiduralneedle

What they're measuring

Difference between total local anaesthetic consumption

Timeframe: 5 hours or before if the labor is completed

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06156709

SponsorAtaturk University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-02-01

Contact for this trial

Ayşenur Dostbil

+905333677796 adostbil@hotmail.com

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