Lidocaine Patch for Relief of Pain During Epidural Placement in Laboring Patients
Status:
Withdrawn
Trial end date:
2012-04-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Infiltration of the skin with lidocaine is standard practice prior to lumbar epidural
placement in laboring parturients1. Skin infiltration, although brief, can be very stressful
and painful for patients.2 This initial discomfort may cause patient anxiety, thus increasing
the pain and decreasing the satisfaction with the procedure. To reduce this discomfort,
various topical alternatives have been investigated with varying degrees of success.1-4 Now
that a topical mixture of lidocaine that is safe and effective is available, the
investigators would like to determine if it can reduce the pain of skin infiltration in
particular and epidural placement as a whole.