Ultrasound Assessment of Clear Liquid Intake During Labour (EGTO)

Hopital Foch

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anesthesia

Treatments: Other: Apple juice

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02362815

2013/27

Details and patient eligibility

About

We designed a two arms prospective, randomised, simple blinded trial to compare the impact of clear liquid intake on gastric content before delivery. We hypothesize that there will be no difference between the two groups, leading to safety of clear liquid intake during labour.

Full description

Gastric emptying is a major concern for anesthetists in obstetric. In order to prevent the risk of gastric aspiration, we are used to forbid to eat and to drink during labour.

However, this behaviour is controversial and some studies have shown that clear liquid intake can be safe during labour. Informations from a bedside ultrasound examination of the stomach content may be a useful tool to balance benefits and risks of such attitude. This technique has recently been shown very promising in pregnant women for the assessment of the gastric volume.

Enrollment: 156 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Any pregnant woman at term

Exclusion criteria

• Pathologic pregnancy
• Twin pregnancy
• Body mass index above 35 kg/m2 before pregnancy
• Cervix dilation above 8 cm
• Refusal

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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156 participants in 2 patient groups

Apple juice

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patient are allowed to drink up to 400 ml of apple juice

Treatment:

Other: Apple juice

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Patient are not allowed to drink