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The purpose of this single arm, open label study will be to evaluate whether the dwell time of the epidural catheter, patients' position, the presence of active labor contractions and the priming volume of the epidural catheter may affect the sensitivity and specificity of CompuFlo to detect epidural pulse waveforms (EPW) to assess the correct placement of the catheter in the epidural space.
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The purpose of this single arm, open label study will be to evaluate whether the dwell time of the epidural catheter, patients' position, the presence of active labor contractions and the priming volume of the epidural catheter may affect the sensitivity and specificity of CompuFlo to detect epidural pulse waveforms (EPW) to assess the correct placement of the catheter in the epidural space.
The primary objective will be the correlation between the appearance of EPW recorded by the CompuFlo and the correct placement of the epidural catheter as assessed by the occurrence of adequate bilateral labor analgesia.
Secondary objectives will be the effects of the dwell time of the epidural catheter, patients' position, the presence of active labor contractions and the priming volume of the epidural catheter on the EPW.
The study will enroll consecutive parturients in active labor who have received effective epidural labor analgesia with an epidural catheter. After epidural catheter priming, the occurrence or the absence of EPW will be investigated.
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