Intravenous Terbutaline to Facilitate Labor Epidural Catheter Placement
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Women's Studies |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Reproductive |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 53 |
| Updated: | 4/2/2016 |
| Start Date: | August 2012 |
| End Date: | December 2015 |
| Contact: | Kai Schoenhage, MD |
| Email: | kschoenhage@anesth.arizona.edu |
| Phone: | (520) 626-7221 |
Intravenous Terbutaline to Facilitate Epidural Catheter Placement for Parturients With Labor Pain
Labor pain is a major factor in making the placement of an epidural catheter difficult. The
epidural, once in place and dosed, eventually decreases the parturient's pain. To achieve
this goal as fast and safely as possible it would be helpful to have a parturient who can
tolerate and co-operate with the placement of the epidural catheter.
Briefly stopping contractions, the cause of labor pain, could be the key to achieve this
goal.
This study will evaluate the safety, efficacy and duration of the drug terbutaline for this
purpose.
epidural, once in place and dosed, eventually decreases the parturient's pain. To achieve
this goal as fast and safely as possible it would be helpful to have a parturient who can
tolerate and co-operate with the placement of the epidural catheter.
Briefly stopping contractions, the cause of labor pain, could be the key to achieve this
goal.
This study will evaluate the safety, efficacy and duration of the drug terbutaline for this
purpose.
Inclusion Criteria:
- in labor
- labor pain >3 on visual analog scale (VAS)
Exclusion Criteria:
- cardiovascular disease
- preeclampsia
- diabetes mel-litus
- thyroid disease
- current (outpatient) opioid medication
- recent and / or current use of cocaine
- seizure disorder
- psychiatric disease
- body mass index >35
- preterm labor (<37 weeks pregnant)
- known allergies to any of the three study substances
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