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Does Ultrasound Scanning of the Lumbar Spine Improve Patient Satisfaction and the Ease of Insertion Epidurals?

NCT00996905 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 128

Last updated 2011-02-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Ultrasound scanning of the back has been shown to increase success when used to guide epidural catheter insertion. However, this technique is not applied widely in clinical practice. Stronger evidence is required to prove that it will improve the clinical experience of labour epidurals.

The study hypothesis is that anesthesiologists (both residents and fellows), will have an increased rate of success and ease of insertion of labour epidural catheters, and that there will be increased patient satisfaction, if ultrasound scanning of the lumbar spine is done prior to the procedure.

Conditions

  • Labor Pain

Interventions

DEVICE

Portable ultrasound machine

Each patient will have their lumbar spine scanned by ultrasound for a maximum period of 5 minutes.

DEVICE

Portable ultrasound machine

Each patient will have their lumbar spine scanned by ultrasound for a maximum period of 5 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jose CA Carvalho, MD · MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-10-31
Primary Completion
2010-10-31
Completion
2010-10-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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