Epidural pressure measurements from various BMI obstetric patients

N. Vaughan; V.N. Dubey; M.Y.K. Wee; R. Isaacs

doi:10.1115/1.4027034

Epidural pressure measurements from various BMI obstetric patients

N. Vaughan, V.N. Dubey, M.Y.K. Wee, R. Isaacs

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To date there have been no studies relating epidural pressure and ligament thickness changes with varying Body Mass Indices (BMI). This is required for simulators to model accurate pressures for various BMIs with realistic feeling.
The aim of this study was to measure changing pressures of the saline inside the syringe during Tuohy epidural needle insertions for obstetric parturients of various BMI. This could identify correlations between BMI and epidural insertion saline pressure, and thicknesses and depths of ligaments and epidural space as measured from MRI and ultrasound scans.

Original language	English
Article number	030938
Journal	Journal of Medical Devices, Transactions of the ASME
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4027034
Publication status	Published - 2014

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