Intrapartum Epidural Catheter Displacement: Dressing Methods

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Failure of labor epidural is a well-recognized situation in obstetric anesthesia practice. Incidence of epidural failure was shown to be 12% in a retrospective analysis of 19,259 deliveries. Epidural migration has been documented in both the obstetric and non-obstetric settings. It has been argued that prevention of epidural displacement is a potential remedy to at least part of the incomplete or failed epidurals in obstetrics.

Purpose: The investigators propose this study to prospectively evaluate the efficacy of the three types of epidural catheter dressings that are currently in use in clinical practice, in terms of catheter migration, taking into consideration the influence of body mass index on this variable.

Clinical Trial Description

Primary aim: The investigators will evaluate the efficacy of three different epidural catheter dressing systems in laboring patients.

Secondary aims: To compare the effect of different degrees of obesity measured by BMI, on epidural catheter migration and quality and failure of epidural labor analgesia. To evaluate the effect of time an indwelling catheter remains in place, level of insertion and patient's height on epidural catheter migration.

Hypothesis: The use of dressing with transparent TegadermTM plus catheter support pad dressing is superior to the dressing with TegadermTM plus Steri-StripTM bands, and to a dressing with TegadermTM only, for epidural catheter fixation in laboring obese and morbidly obese patients, in terms of catheter migration. epidural quality and failure and epidural catheter replacement in the labor analgesia setting. ;

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Analgesia, Obstetrical

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03574441
Study type	Interventional
Source	Augusta University
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Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	December 4, 2017
Completion date	March 18, 2018

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