Oral paracetamol as an adjunct to labour epidural analgesia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health Condition 1: O00-O9A- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

• Registration Number: CTRI/2017/02/007963
• Lead Sponsor: Government Medical College and Hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2018-06-15
• Last Update Posted: 24 November 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1)ASA Grade 1 and 2

2)Age more than 18 years

3)Primigravida Single gestation

4)Cephalic presentation at 36 completed weeks of gestation

5)In early spontaneous labour(cervical dilatation < 5cm)

6)Baseline pain score > 30(on a 0-100 VAS)

7)Able to use PCEA pump

8)Requesting epidural analgesia for labour

Exclusion Criteria

1)Refusal by parturient

2)Parturients who had received parenteral opiods in the last 4 hours

3)Systemic and local sepsis

4)Deranged coagulation profile

5)Parturients having multiple pregnancies and premature labour

6)Obstetrics complications(eg. PROM)

Chorioamnionitis

7)Patients with hepatic and renal impairment

8)Unable to swallow oral tablets

9)HELLP syndrome

10)Noncephalic presentations

11)Allgery to study drugs i.e levobupivacaine,fentanyl,paracetamol

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified