Fascia Iliaca Compartment Blockade as Analgesia for Hip Fractures in the Acute Phase

Hvidovre University Hospital

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Hip Fracture

Treatments: Procedure: Fascia Iliaca Compartment Blockade

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00162630

HHSG-rct-04

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the analgesic potential of an neural blockade (Fascia iliaca compartment) with local anaesthetics in patients with hip fracture immediately after arrival in the emergency department.

Full description

Hip fracture patients have severe pain in the acute phase. Traditional analgesic treatment have consisted of intramuscular morphine with its associated side effects. The trial evaluates the Fascia iliaca compartment compared to regular opioid pain therapy in hip fracture patinets immediately after arrival at the emergency department.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary hip fracture suspected
• able to give informed consent
• no substance abuse
• no regular opioid therapy
• no opioid treatment within the last 6 hours
• morphine intolerance
• allergies to local anaesthetics

Exclusion criteria

• Fracture ruled out on x-ray

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Double Blind