Heating Precondition of Epidural Catheter Decrease the Incidence of Injury to Blood Vessel During Epidural Catheter Placement

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Epidural Anesthesia
• Interventions: Other: heating precondition

• Registration Number: NCT02537665
• Lead Sponsor: Fudan University

Brief Summary

To explore the effect of heating precondition of epidural catheter on the incidence of injury to blood vessel during epidural catheter placement.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-06
• Status Verified: 2015-08
• Study First Submitted: 2015-08-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-08-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-08-31
• Primary Completion: 2015-09
• Study First Posted: 2015-09-01
• Last Update Posted: 2015-09-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• Elective cesarean delivery
• Epidural anesthesia.

Exclusion Criteria

• blood coagulation disorders

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
incidence of bleeding	heating precondition	the effect of the epidural catheter filled with heated or normal saline before inserting into epidural on the incidence of bleeding.
inserting time of catheter	heating precondition	record the time from beginning of catheter inserting to completing the placement of the catheter.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
the incidence of injury to blood vessel during epidural catheter placement	5 minutes

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Fudan University; 🇨🇳 Shanghai, Shanghai, China