Health Condition 1: O80- Encounter for full-term uncomplicated delivery
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Epidural catheter placement: Epidural catheter is placed at L3- L4 Epidural space
Control Intervention1: Ropivacaine 0.075% with fentanyl: Labor epidural analgesia with Ropivacaine 0.07
Sponsors
Sardar Patel Medical College
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: a singleton fetus in cephalic presentation at term ( >37 weeks gestation) belonging to ASA class 2 who requested epidural analgesia with no contraindication to epidural catheterization were selected and randomly divided into two groups.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients not giving consent 2. BMI >35kg/m2 3. Gestation diabetes 4. Hypertensive disorders 5. Premature Rupture of membranes 6. Coagulation disorder 7. Infection at the site of epidural prick 8. Past history of any drug reaction 9. Patients having psychiatric illness 10. Neurological deficits.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To compare duration of analgesiaTimepoint: Upto delivery of parturient | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Onset of analgesia 2. Quality of analgesia (VAS) 3. No. of episodes of breakthrough pains 4. Duration of Labour 5. Incidence of motor block (Breen Modified Bromage Score) 6. Time from Epidural to Delivery 7. Foetal side effects 8. Parturient satisfaction Timepoint: upto 30 minutes after delivery of parturient | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Sonali Dhawan
Sardar Patel Medical College
Outcome results
None listed