Clinical trials: Parturients
Obesity
A Novel Way to Estimate Epidural Depth in Morbidly Obese Parturient
The purpose of this study is to determine the correlation between actual epidural needle depth (ND) and the use of ultrasound with an epidural depth equation (EQ-US) to estimate epidural depth (Est-D) in morbidly obese…
- Trial name
- NCT01415232
- Testing
- Sonosite S-Nerve® US system (SonoSite, Bothell,WA)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Manuel C. Vallejo
Primary Postpartum Haemorrhage
Comparative Study on the Effects of Sublingual Misoprostol in Addition to Standard AMTSL in Low Risk Parturients in LASUTH, Ikeja.
Postpartum haemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal haemorrhage globally. With active management of labour 3 to 16.5% of parturients still experience postpartum haemorrhage.
- Trial name
- NCT02424201
- Testing
- Misoprostol, vitamin c
- Volunteers
- 660 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lagos State University
Obesity
Ultrasound Imaging For Facilitating Labour Epidurals in Obese Parturients
The efficacy of an epidural depends mainly on accurate placement of the catheter in the epidural space. Therefore, identification of the epidural space is the most vital part of the procedure.
- Trial name
- NCT00439998
- Testing
- Ultrasound
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
Pain
The Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Associated With the Use of Non-pharmacological in Labor
Although there are studies that investigated the use of non-pharmacological pain relief and correction of dystocia during labor, there are few randomized controlled trials, especially related to combined protocols that use such…
- Trial name
- NCT01601860
- Testing
- Use of non-pharmacological, Other: Routine care
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo