Prospective observational investigation of body habitus measurements and relationship to epidural depth in term pregnant women.
Carolyn F WeinigerAvital CohenBoris AptekmanBrendan CarvalhoPublished in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2020)
Measurements of body habitus and fat distribution were no better than measured BMI to anticipate greater ultrasound measured depth to epidural space. Clinical trial number: Non-interventional observational study, not registered.
Keyphrases
- pregnant women
- clinical trial
- spinal cord
- optical coherence tomography
- adipose tissue
- magnetic resonance imaging
- body mass index
- preterm infants
- open label
- study protocol
- cross sectional
- weight gain
- fatty acid
- randomized controlled trial
- computed tomography
- gestational age
- spinal cord injury
- double blind
- physical activity
- phase iii
- pregnancy outcomes