Epidural Analgesia Versus IV Meperidine for Labor Pain Control
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2006-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
60 female that care for pain control during second stage of delivery, will choose between
epidural or systemic analgesia. Continuous ECG (3 lead)monitoring will be recorded during the
second stage for 10 minutes. 30 minutes after administration of either pain relief, a second
recording of maternal ECG will take place for 10 minutes.