Femoral nerve blockade in hip fracture patients

Completed

• Conditions: Hip fracture; Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning; Fracture of femur

• Registration Number: ISRCTN46653818
• Lead Sponsor: meå University (Sweden)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-05-05
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 250

Inclusion Criteria

1. Both males and females, aged 70 years and above
2. All hip fracture patients admitted to the Orthopaedic Department

Exclusion Criteria

1. Local infection
2. Allergic to local anaesthesia
3. Dying patients
4. Pathologic hip fractures

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Post-operative delirium, assessed three times a day at the Orthopaedic Department <br>2. Post-operative complications, such as decubital ulcers, infections, thrombosis, heart failure, assessed three times a day at the Orthopaedic Department<br>3. Pain, assessed three times a day at the Orthopaedic Department<br><br>A cognitive test will be assessed in the ambulance pre-hospitally and at 24 +/- 6 hours post-operatively. At days three to five a more thorough assessment will be done including delirium, depression, cognitive status, quality of life and more.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Mortality<br>2. Orthopaedic recovery, recorded at the time of discharge from the hospital<br>3. EQ-5D<br>4. Economics<br><br>A cognitive test will be assessed in the ambulance pre-hospitally and at 24 +/- 6 hours post-operatively. At days three to five a more thorough assessment will be done including delirium, depression, cognitive status, quality of life and more.