Urinary Retention After Vaginal Delivery With Epidural Anesthesia.

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The investigators intend to compare the rate of urinary retention among female patients after vaginal delivery under epidural anesthesia, depending on bladder catheterization type, either by a foley catheter inserted adjacent to epidural anesthesia or intermittent catheterization applied every 4 hours during labor.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Rambam Health Care Campus
• Treatments: Anesthetics

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female patients in labor designated for vaginal delivery with epidural anesthesia.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with neurological problems including gestational diabetes.

• Patients either designated for elective cesarean delivery or emergent cesarean delivery.