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How Sweet is it? Measurement of Glucose in Epidural and Spinal Fluid

NCT01391702 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 65

Last updated 2012-04-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

When a woman requires a cesarean section after labour, anesthesia is usually provided by a pre-existing epidural. Occasionally, the epidural does not work. The anesthesiologist then may give a "spinal anesthetic". The spinal space is identified by seeing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the spinal needle. Rarely a spinal fails after a failed epidural as the fluid seen is epidural space fluid, not CSF. This study plans to use a bedside glucose monitor to measure glucose (sugar) in epidural fluid (compared to CSF) allowing the anesthesiologist to know the spinal needle is in the correct space.

The investigators hypothesize that a bedside glucose measurement device can accurately quantitate the level of glucose within epidural space aspirate, and therefore could aid differentiation between CSF and epidural fluid.

Conditions

  • Epidural and Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Giselle Villar, MD, FRCPA · University of British Columbia, BC Women's Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-06-30
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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