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The goal of this observational study is to learn more about the effect of obstetric epidural anesthesia on regional lung ventilation in healthy parturient women. The main question it aims to answer is whether the initiation or epidural analgesia improves or not regional lung ventilation in healthy women at term during labor.
Participants will be subject to measurements of pulmonary impedance by electric impedance tomography before and after the start of epidural analgesia. No change will be applied to clinical care as a result of this measurement.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Observational cohort | Measure regional electric impedance of the lung for before and after insertion of an epidural analgesia catheter |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Regional lung ventilation (ROI 1-4) | Assess regional ventilation as measured by electric impedance in each of the 4 Regions Of Interest (from anterior to posterior) in which the lung is divided, before and after epidural analgesia | "before" measurements will be taken just before applying lumbar epidural analgesia, and "after" measurements will be taken 5 minutes and ten minutes after starting lumbar epidural analgesia. Measurements take 10 minutes of continuous registration |
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The study will include healthy pregnant patients that come for spontaneous or induced labor at the hospital's delivery room.
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stefano Doria, M.D. | Contact | 025558354 | 58354 | stefano.doria@hubruxelles.be |
| Alexandra Colesnicenco, M.D. | Contact | 025553919 | 53919 | a.colesnicenco@hubruxelles.be |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Laszlo Szegedi, M.D., Ph.D. | Erasmus University Hospital | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erasmus University Hospital | Brussels | Anderlecht | 1070 | Belgium |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D011248 | Pregnancy Complications |
| D001261 | Pulmonary Atelectasis |
| ID | Term |
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| D005261 | Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications |
| D000091642 | Urogenital Diseases |
| D008171 | Lung Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
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