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Gravity Flow Technique to Validate Proper Location of Epidural Needle Tip

NCT03317626 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2019-11-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Epidural analgesia for childbirth may fail to provide adequate pain relief. At NYULMC, to maximize the likelihood that epidural analgesia will work well, the gravity flow technique is used when performing epidural procedures.

The gravity flow technique is not well known, and is therefore used in only a few hospitals. The purpose of this study is to quantify the reliability of the gravity flow technique to accurately validate the position of the epidural needle tip when performing lumbar epidural analgesia in laboring women.

Conditions

  • Epidural Anesthesia

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Cold Stimulus (ice) Test

Standard of care epidural will be inserted. The study procedure will be to use a cold stimulus (ice) to assess the subjects for hypesthesia the dermatomes of the lower abdomen at 15 minutes and if necessary at 30 minutes after the epidural is inserted. Hypesthesia to cold will be taken a sign of successful lumbar epidural block.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Gilbert Grant · NYU Langone Health

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-20
Primary Completion
2018-02-05
Completion
2018-02-05

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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