Minimum Local Anesthetic Volume of Bupivacaine in Labour Epidurals
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2007-08-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Different medications can be used as analgesics in labor epidurals. Bupivacaine is one of the
most commonly used drugs for that purpose. The efficacy of a certain medication injected
epidurally depends on the dose that is given. A certain dose can be administered in different
concentrations, which will consequently mean different volumes. Our hypothesis is that for
each concentration of a certain drug, there has to be a minimum effective volume that will be
associated with the best possible performance of the drug. This study is being conducted to
find the minimum volume of bupivacaine (a local anesthetic) that produces successful
analgesia in 95% of patients in labor.
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital