Does dural puncture epidural improve quality of labor epidural analgesia?Randomized single- blinded controlled study

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Inadequate and inefficient labor epidural analgesia; Anaesthesiology - Pain management; Vaginal delivery; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Childbirth and postnatal care

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622000976785
• Lead Sponsor: Iva Pažur

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-07-11
• Last Update Posted: 9 August 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 76

Inclusion Criteria

Healthy nulliparous parturients at 38 to 42 weeks of gestation, requesting epidural analgesia.
Patients who met enrollment criteria were aged 18 years or more in active labor with cervical dilatation less than 6 cm at the moment of epidural insertion.

Exclusion Criteria

Preeclampsia, eclampsia, contraindications for neuroaxial anesthesia (coagulopathies, infection at puncture site, aortic valve stenosis, central nervous system disorders)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified