comparison of two techniques for giving pain relief during labour
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- normal parturients- ASA-I,II
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2013/10/004064
- Lead Sponsor
- Govt medical college and hospital chandigarh
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion criteria
•American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) grade I and II
•Age >18 year
•Nulliparous
•Single gestation
•Cephalic presentation at >= 36 wk of gestation
•In early spontaneous labor (cervical dilation <= 5 cm)
•Expected to have a vaginal delivery
•Baseline pain score > 30 (on a 0-100 VAS)
•Requesting epidural analgesia for labor
Exclusion criteria
•Parturients refusal
•Parturients who had received parenteral opioids in the last 3 hours
•Parturients on chronic pain medication
•Severe scoliosis
•Systemic and local sepsis
•Deranged coagulation profile
•Body mass index >45 kg/m2
•Parturients having multiple pregnancies and premature labor
•Obstetric complications (e.g., premature rupture of amniotic membranes)
•Noncephalic presentations
•Allergy to study drugs i.e.,bupivacaine
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method pain relief with two different techniquesTimepoint: pain relief assessed 5 mins after giving injection , then at 10 mins, 15 mins, 20 mins and then hourly till delivery.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method patient satisfactionTimepoint: after delivery