Comparison of Chloroprocaine vs Lidocaine for Epidural Anesthesia in Cesarean Delivery
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2019-03-27
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Regional anesthesia is commonly used for elective and emergency cesarean delivery. It
provides numerous safety advantages when compared to general anesthesia for both the mother
and fetus1. Epidurals also have the added benefit of being able to provide pain relief
throughout labor and in the event of cesarean delivery, epidural analgesia can be "extended"
to provide surgical anesthesia. Numerous studies have been performed to assess the onset
times of various local anesthetics when administered through an epidural catheter. Attempts
to reduce anesthetic onset time and improve the quality of intraoperative analgesia have been
attempted by using different local anesthetic solutions and by the addition of other drugs to
the epidural solution (such as epinephrine, fentanyl and sodium bicarbonate).