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How the Method of Bladder Emptying After Epidural Placement in Labor Affects Postpartum Voiding

Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh

Summary

At least ten percent of patients have postpartum urinary retention or difficulty urinating after birth, which can cause incontinence and other urinary problems long-term. After getting an epidural placed, patients should be numb in their pelvic region. This numbness makes it difficult to feel the need to urinate, so patients need a urinary catheter placed to empty the bladder. Some patients have one catheter placed throughout their labor and others have a catheter placed to empty the bladder then removed every few hours. The investigators are studying whether placing a catheter once or catheterizing multiple times affects the rate of postpartum urinary problems and infection.

Official title: Intermittent Versus Continuous Bladder Catheterization in Epiduralized Laboring Patients: a Non-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial

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