Patient Controlled Epidural Analgesia Versus Continuous Epidural Infusion: Obstetrical and Neonatal Outcomes

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2010-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The investigators intend to perform a large randomized trial using standardized obstetrical and anesthetic practice at a single institution to determine the effects of patient controlled epidural analgesia on obstetrical and neonatal outcomes.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: MemorialCare
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Bupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Early labor

• Nulliparous

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inductions

• Breech

• Contraindications to regional anesthesia