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Dural Puncture Epidural Vs Standard Epidural Technique in Parturient Receiving Continuous Labour Epidural Infusion
Led by Aga Khan University · Updated on 2025-01-30
38
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
56 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
The goal of this study is to evaluate the quality and safety of labor analgesia by comparing the use of Dural puncture epidural technique to Standard epidural technique while maintaining labor analgesia by means of continuous epidural infusion in parturient. The main questions it aims to answer are * Effectiveness and quality of labor analgesia * Frequency of catheter adjustments * Need for catheter replacements * Incidence of failed regional anesthesia requiring conversion to general anesthesia
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Dural Puncture Epidural Vs Standard Epidural Technique in Parturient Receiving Continuous Labour Epidural Infusion
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Nulliparous or multiparous women
- Age over 18 years
- ASA physical status 1 or 2
- Singleton pregnancy with vertex (head-down) presentation
- Gestational age between 37 and 42 weeks
- Established labor with pain score of 3 or higher
You will not qualify if you...
- Major cardiac disease
- History of chronic pain
- Regular use of opioid medications
- Platelet count less than 70 x 10^9/L
- Spinal cord anomalies
- Use of anticoagulant medications
- Allergy to local anesthetics
- Preeclampsia or eclampsia
- Known fetal anomalies
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Aga Khan University
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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Research Team
S
Samina Ismail, MBBS, FCPS
CONTACT
S
Sehrish Khan, MBBS, FCPS
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
TRIPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Number of Arms
2
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