Labour Analgesia; Comparing a Combinations of Either Fentanyl or Bupivacaine With Intrathecal Morphine

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This study is aimed at evaluating single short spinal technique as a form of labour analgesia in a setting where more expensive and labor intensive techniques are not feasible.The study will examine the safety and efficacy of two drug combinations (intrathecal morphine+fentanyl vs intrathecal morphine+bupivacaine) through a randomized control trial.

The investigators hypothesize that a single shot of either intrathecal morphine plus fentanyl or intrathecal morphine plus bupivacaine achieve analgesia and are safe in parturients experiencing normal labour.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Makerere University
• Treatments: Bupivacaine; Fentanyl; Morphine; Polystyrene sulfonic acid

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parturients with singleton pregnancy

• Emancipated minors

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who declined.

• Parturients with any identified complication of labour like preeclampsia, severe cardiac disease or previous operative delivery.

• Sepsis or wound at site of spinal injection.

• Allergy to any of the study drugs elicited from history.