Bupivacaine With Epidural Volume Extension

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-09-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

In this study the investigator will address the efficacy of using low dose bupivacaine spinal anesthesia (SA) in combination with epidural volume extension (EVE) for patients undergoing short obstetric procedures.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Fentanyl

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing short obstetric procedure in the operating room requiring neuraxial anesthesia.

Exclusion Criteria:

• coagulopathy

• platelets <80,000

• allergy to local anesthetic or fentanyl

• previous spinal surgery

• spinal or intracranial mass

• history of lower extremity weakness