To compare the pain relief during labour using a epidural three concentration of local anaesthetic and opoid.
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/06/025870
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr S N Medical College
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 33
Inclusion Criteria
1) American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) grade I and II
2) Age >18 years
3) Primigravida
4) Single gestation
5) Cephalic presentation at > 37 wk of gestation
6)In early spontaneous labour (cervical dilation 50% effacement
7) Requesting epidural analgesia for labour
Exclusion Criteria
1)Refusal by parturient.
2) Systemic and local sepsis.
3)Deranged coagulation profile.
4)Parturients having multiple pregnancies and premature labour.
5)Obstetric complications (e.g., premature rupture of amniotic membranes).
6)Allergy to study drugs, i.e. levobupivacaine and fentanyl.
7)Body mass index >35mg/m2
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hourly (total dose )consumption of levobupivacaine and fentanyl mixture, including both continuous background infusion plus bolus doses (in ml) corrected for the duration of labour. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: at the end of delivery <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Maternal satisfaction and Pain score (VAS) <br/ ><br>Haemodynamic parameters <br/ ><br>Sensory block <br/ ><br> Lower limb motor block( modified Bromage scale) <br/ ><br>Foetal heart rate- Continuous foetal heart rate monitoring. <br/ ><br>Apgar scoreTimepoint: every 5 min for first 30 min then next 30 min then 60 min next hours until delivery. <br/ ><br>Apgar score-1min and 5 min <br/ ><br>