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Assessment of Sensory Block During Labour Epidural Analgesia in Patients Experiencing Pain During First Stage of Labour.

NCT05881395 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2024-02-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Epidural analgesia is the gold standard for pain control during labour and an essential component of delivering effective and safe epidural analgesia is the assessment of the epidural sensory block. There is significant literature on the assessment of sensory block during spinal anesthesia for cesarean section but limited studies exploring the assessment of sensory blockade in labour analgesia.

Prior studies have documented two thresholds of sensory block to both ice and pinprick: one defined as the lower sensory block level (LSBL) where the patient is able to notice a cold or sharp sensation but perceives that is not as sharp or cold as a control area and the other the upper sensory block level (USBL) where the patient perceives the cold or sharp sensation is at the same temperature or sharpness as the control area.

The goal of this study is to contribute to the standardization of the assessment of sensory block levels during labour epidural analgesia by studying patients with labour epidurals who are experiencing pain and determining the LSBL and USBL and how these change as the patients become comfortable following the administration of manual epidural top ups.

Conditions

  • Labor Pain

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jose Carvalho, MD · MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-06-16
Primary Completion
2023-12-02
Completion
2023-12-03

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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