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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Comparative study of the effects of air or saline to identify the extradural space.
- S J Valentine, A P Jarvis, and L E Shutt.
- Sir Humphry Davy Department of Anaesthesia, Bristol Maternity Hospital.
- Br J Anaesth. 1991 Feb 1;66(2):224-7.
AbstractFifty women in labour were allocated randomly to receive either air or saline to assist in the identification of the extradural space by the loss of resistance technique. A study volume of 4 ml of air or saline was used before 0.5% bupivacaine 8 ml and the spread of analgesia was followed for 30 min. The first segment blocked, time of onset, number of blocked segments and height of block were comparable in the two groups. At 30 min, there were eight patients with an unblocked segment in the air group, compared with two in the saline group (P less than 0.01). All unblocked segments were blocked subsequently by further doses of bupivacaine. We conclude that air is more likely than saline to produce unblocked segments in the initiation of extradural analgesia in labour.
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