Heating Precondition of Epidural Catheter Decrease the Incidence of Injury to Blood Vessel During Epidural Catheter Placement

Fudan University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Epidural Anesthesia

Treatments: Other: heating precondition

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02537665

19990807

Details and patient eligibility

About

To explore the effect of heating precondition of epidural catheter on the incidence of injury to blood vessel during epidural catheter placement.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Elective cesarean delivery
• Epidural anesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

• blood coagulation disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

incidence of bleeding

Other group

Description:

the effect of the epidural catheter filled with heated or normal saline before inserting into epidural on the incidence of bleeding.

Treatment:

Other: heating precondition

inserting time of catheter

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

record the time from beginning of catheter inserting to completing the placement of the catheter.

Treatment:

Other: heating precondition