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Is There a Relation Between Unilateral Epidural Block and Repeated Epidural Anesthesia?

NCT03806673 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2019-01-16

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Summary

epidural block is today the most common method of pain relief during labor. With increased use of epidural analgesia, many women are found in the second or third pregnancy and require repeated epidural analgesia. But there was a higher incidence of unilateral blockade among women receiving their repeated epidural which causes patient unsatisfaction.

Objectives: Examination of the performance and outcome of women receiving their first versus repeated epidural block.

Patients and methods: The study included 140 American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status II patients (age range 20 to 40 years) and scheduled for normal vaginal delivery. The patients were divided randomly into two equal groups. Group (A) in which 70 women primipara subjected to their first epidural block while group (B) in which 70 women multipara subjected to their repeated epidural block. For each patient, the following data were collected: demographic data, details of labor (gestation, cervical dilatation), visual analogue scale (VAS) before the epidural and 30 minutes after injection of local anesthetic and incidence of unilateral block.

Conditions

  • Incidence
  • Unilateral
  • Epidural Block

Interventions

DRUG

marcaine

epidural block

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ain Shams University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-02-05
Primary Completion
2018-09-01
Completion
2018-09-11

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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