A Comparison of Meperidine for Post-Cesarean Analgesia: Bolus Versus Infusion and Bolus

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if epidural meperidine administered by patient-controlled bolus button is equivalent to a low dose infusion plus patient-controlled bolus.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Mercy Research; St. John's Health System, Missouri
• Treatments: Meperidine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria are as follows:

• Over the age of 18

• Undergoing non-urgent, non-emergent cesarean section at Mercy Hospital St. Louis

Exclusion Criteria:

• non-English speaking

• mentally disabled

• allergy to meperidine

• seizure disorder

• renal impairment defined as a serum creatinine >0.8 mg/dL or patients who give a history of renal impairment

• fever greater than 101

• patients receiving low molecular weight heparin at any dose or unfractionated heparin at doses greater than 5000 u subcutaneous twice daily

• pre-eclampsia requiring magnesium due to post-partum room assignment

• obstructive sleep apnea due to post-partum room assignment

• post-partum hemorrhage due to post-partum room assignment