Ephedrine to improve baby heart tracing during labor pain control
Treatments studied
Part of Women’s health & pregnancy clinical trials.
This trial tests whether giving a preventive dose of ephedrine during spinal/epidural pain relief helps keep your baby’s heart rate tracing reassuring and reduces strong uterine tightening. It may be considered for people already planning labor analgesia with spinal/epidural anesthesia.
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Who can take part
- You are between 18 and 55 years old
- You are requesting labor pain relief (neuraxial anesthesia like epidural or spinal)
- You can understand the study and sign written consent
- Before the epidural/spinal is placed, your baby’s heart tracing is reassuring (Category 1)
- You are not refusing the epidural/spinal pain relief
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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