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Combined Spinal Epidural Urinary Retention

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01597791

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Official title

Do Women Receiving Low Dose Combined Spinal Epidural for Labor Analgesia Exhibit Less Bacteriuria Using a Urinary Retention Protocol Versus Routine Urinary Catheter Placement?

Brief summary

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The investigators hypothesize that many parturients can, in fact, spontaneously micturate with low dose combined spinal epidural analgesic doses given for labor and that Foley catheterization is unnecessary in the majority of these parturients. At Prentice Women's Hospital, almost 9000 women annually receive neuraxial labor analgesia and 98% of those receive Foley catheters. By potentially reducing the necessity for Foley catheters, the investigators should be able to ultimately reduce the rate of bacteriuria, urinary tract infections and urethritis leading to unnecessary treatment with antibiotics, as well as reduce costs of placing unnecessary Foley catheter.The hypothesis is parturients receiving low dose combined spinal epidural analgesia for analgesia after induction of labor who are randomized to a spontaneous micturition protocol will require fewer Foley catheter placements and demonstrate a lower incidence of positive urine culture postpartum than those who undergo standard Foley catheter placement.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01597791
Recruitment status
Terminated
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
Northwestern University
Other
Enrollment
56 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Device · Other

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Mar 21, 2012
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2016
Completion
Nov 30, 2016
Last update posted
Oct 4, 2018

2012 – 2016

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Northwestern University Chicago Illinois 60611

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