Differences in maternal temperature and saturation after administration of remifentanil PCA or epidural analgesia during labor
- Conditions
- labor pain, labour pain, saturation, temperature, epidural analgesia, remifentanilbaringspijn, saturatie, temperatuur, epiduraal
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON29662
- Lead Sponsor
- eiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 175
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age 18 years and older
2. Between 24-42 weeks of gestation
Exclusion Criteria
1. Prior administration of regional or opioid analgesia (during this delivery)
2. Morbid obesity (BMI > 40kg/m2)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Main objective is to compare the side effects of remifentanil PCA with those of epidural analgesia. The evaluation will be based upon the following parameters:<br /><br>1. maternal temperature<br /><br>2. maternal saturation<br />
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The secondary objective:<br /><br>To compare other known side effects, in particular;<br /><br>- nausea<br /><br>- pruritus<br /><br>- sedation <br /><br>- hypotension<br /><br /><br>Fetal oucome as determined by:<br>- Apgar scores<br /><br>- umbilical cord pH<br /><br>- NACS <br /><br>- requirement naloxone