Bioimpedance In Pregnancy and Labour: A Fluid Balance Concept Study.
ConditionHydration
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexFemale
Age16+
SponsorUniversity Hospitals, Leicester
About this trial
The purpose of our study is to find out if using a simple bed side test can tell us information about changes that occur in women's body water content. We would like to check if certain medical conditions could affect body water contents.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Group I: Women attending for elective CS.
Group II: Women admitted for induction of labour and expected to stay stay in hospital for more than 24 hours.
Pre-eclampsia requiring hospital admission.
Hyperemesis gravidarum requiring hospital admission.
Disqualifiers
Maternal age less than 16 years at booking.
Women who are not capable of giving consent.
Women with learning disabilities/difficulties.
Unable to speak or read English to the appropriate level.
Trial population
Pregnant women admitted for caesarean section, induction of labour or has a medical condition that affect amount of fluid inside the body.
Trial design
Design model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Bioimpedance Analyser
Other interventionBio-electrical impedance analysis (BIA) measures whole body (or regional) impedance by means of an electric current transmitted at different frequencies.
Treatment groups
900 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groupsGroup A: Cesarean section1 intervention
Group B: Induction of labour1 intervention
Group C: pregnancy complication group1 intervention
Group D: control1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Bioimpedance assessment of hydration status
assessment of extracellular and intra-cellular body fluid using Bio-electrical impedance analysis and comparing results to standard fluid chart.
Time frame
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