Status:
RECRUITING
The Patient AS EDUcator in Anesthesia: Exploring the Patients' Experience During and After Unexpected Cesarean Delivery Under Neuraxial Anesthesia to Inform Anesthetic Practice
Lead Sponsor:
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
Conditions:
Psychological Well Being
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18-50 years
Brief Summary
This study aims to explore the patients' and providers' perspectives and inform future anesthetic practice for patients undergoing unexpected cesarean delivery (CD) under neuraxial anesthesia (NA). Th...
Detailed Description
Cesarean delivery (CD) is a surgical procedure that allows for birth of a neonate through a laparotomy and hysterotomy and is the most common surgical procedure performed worldwide with 21% of all chi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- aged 18 years or older
- English language proficiency (as interviews will be performed in English)
- ASA Physical Classification Score 2-5 +/- E
- Emergency or Urgent CD that can be done with the existing or newly applied neuraxial anesthesia (specifically, without the need for general anesthesia) due to fetal or maternal emergencies (e.g., fetal bradycardia, pre-eclampsia, chorioamnionitis, etc.)
- uCD is defined as Level 1 (Emergency - Immediate threat to life of woman or fetus) and Level 2 (Urgent - Maternal or fetal compromise which is not immediately life-threatening) CD 16
- Patients will be included if they undergo preterm delivery (under 37 weeks of gestation, or are having a multiple gestation pregnancy, also, if there is a significant fetal anomaly present
- Exclusion criteria:
- Under 18 years of age
- Unable to answer questions due to a language barrier or because of their mental or physical state (e.g., intubated patients)
- BMI at the time of delivery that falls in the super-morbidly obese category (BMI \> 55 kg/m2)
- Patients who underwent preterm delivery (under 32 weeks gestation)
- Patients will be excluded if neonatal death has occurred.
- Patients who were scheduled for an elective CD will be excluded.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 7 2025
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 1 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
25 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06589687
Start Date
January 7 2025
End Date
July 1 2025
Last Update
January 22 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G1X5