Real-time Ultrasound Guided Labor Epidural Placement

University of Pittsburgh

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Epidural Anesthesia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00811304

PRO08090016

Details and patient eligibility

About

Specific Aim: The purpose of this study is to determine if labor epidural placement using real-time (concurrent) ultrasound guided placement is superior to the conventional "standard" epidural technique without the use of ultrasound at Magee-Womens Hospital.

Hypothesis: Ultrasound guided labor epidural placement in real-time will decrease the traditional epidural failure rate from 5% to 1%.

Sex: Female

Ages: 14+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All pregnant women of childbearing age (including children aged 14 years and above) who request epidural analgesia at Magee-Womens Hospital will be eligible to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Men will not be included.

Trial design

0 participants in 1 patient group

US group

Description:

All patients admitted to the labor and delivery suite who request an epidural for labor analgesia.