Those prospective parturients that express that they may want an epidural labour analgesia for their delivery will be informed about the possibility to choose between a pump driven epidural or midwife administered intermittent boluses.
The purpose is to compare parturient and midwife satisfaction with the epidural labour analgesia when epidural analgesia is maintained by an epidural bolus pump (automated mandatory boluses with patient controlled boluses without background infusion) or midwife administered on-demand boluses.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
100
1 mg/ml
2.5 micrograms/ml
HUS/Women's hospital dept of anaesthesia
Helsinki, Finland
Parturient satisfaction with analgesia
Visual analog scale 0-100 mm (0=dissatisfied; 100=maximum satisfaction)
Time frame: During use of labour analgesia (up to 6 hours)
Midwife satisfaction with epidural labour analgesia
Visual analog scale 0-100 mm (0=dissatisfied; 100=maximum satisfaction)
Time frame: During use of labour analgesia (up to 6 hours)
Support person's satisfaction with epidural labour analgesia
Visual analog scale 0-100 mm (0=dissatisfied; 100=maximum satisfaction)
Time frame: During use of labour analgesia (up to 6 hours)
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