Assessment of Third Trimester Post-void Residual and Validation of Bladder Scanner in Pregnancy and Post-partum

West Virginia University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pregnancy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00782730

H-20862

Details and patient eligibility

About

This will be a descriptive study measuring the post-void residual of patients in the third trimester and postpartum. Also, bladder scan values will be compared to the amount of urine obtained from a Foley catheter to determine the accuracy of the bladder scanner in the third trimester and postpartum.

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age greater than 18 years.
• Having a non-emergent Cesarean Delivery or labor epidural placed.

Exclusion criteria

• Age less than 18 years.
• Emergent Cesarean delivery.
• No epidural labor analgesia.

Trial design

35 participants in 1 patient group

Bladder Scan Group

Description:

Patients who agree to enroll in the trial and allow their known bladder volumes and residual bladder volumes to be measured by actual volumes retrograde instilled, and also by bladder scanner ultrasound.