Preventive Analgesia in Multiparas Undergoing Induction of Labour

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Our study is about providing a better birthing experience by placing and initiating epidural for labour pain before the contractions start. This concept of prevention of pain before its onset is known as preventive - or preemptive -pain management and is well known in surgical and anaesthetic practice. We believe that the use of preventive epidural analgesia will improve the quality of labour epidurals, increase maternal satisfaction and reduce the stress response to labour and delivery.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Fentanyl

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Multiparous patients who had previous vaginal delivery, undergoing induction of labour

• Singleton Pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Morbid Obesity

• Patients who have received cortisol, opioids or sedatives within the last 24 hours