Pregnant women requesting labor pain epidural
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: [first step study] 1. parturients planninng the vaginal delivery in our hospital 2. age>20 3. parturients written informed consent [second step study] 1. parturients planninng epidural analgesia for labor and delivery and receiving the childbirth class in our hospital 2. age>20 3. parturients written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: [first step study] 1. parturients with mental diseases 2. parturients with diseases which may be exacerbated by strong expulsive efforts 3. parturients with neuromuscular diseases 4. parturients with difficulty in language communication [in addition to above , in case of parturients planninng epidural analgesia for labor and delivery ] 5. parturients with contraindications of epidural analgesia 6. parturients whom the anesthesia range don't extend from tenth thracic spnal cord to third sacral cord [second step study] 1. parturients with mental diseases 2. parturients with diseases which may be exacerbated by strong expulsive efforts 3. parturients with neuromuscular diseases 4. parturients with difficulty in language communication 5. parturients with contraindications of epidural analgesia 6. parturients whom the anesthesia range don't extend from tenth thracic spnal cord to third sacral cord
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Expulsive efforts assessed by midwives on the day of delivery | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Hamamatsu university hospital department of anesthesiology and intensive care