Efficacy of Femoral Nerve Block vs Fascia Iliaca Block for preoperative analgesia in fracture neck of femur

Completed

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

• Registration Number: ISRCTN81000264
• Lead Sponsor: Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-10-12
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients male or female, admitted with diagnosis of fracture neck of femur
2. Patients with capability to give informed consent with Mini Mental Score Examination (MMSE) = 8/10. MMSE is routinely performed on initial assessment of these patients.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Respiratory rate less than 10 beats per minute (bpm)
2. Systolic Blood Pressure less than 100 mm Hg
3. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) less than 12/15
4. Anticoagulant therapy (warfarin / heparin infusion). Not contraindicated in patients taking low dose aspirin < 150mg/day
5. Clotting disorders [international normalised ratio (INR) or activated partial thromboplastin time ratio (APTR)] > 1.5, Platelets < 80,000
6. Previous femoral vascular surgery
7. Hepatic Impairment
8. Debilitated or acutely ill patients
9. Patient refusal
10. Known hypersensitivity to local anaesthetic agents of amide type
11. MMSE < 8/10. Standard exclusion criteria for the local anaesthetic nerve block as per local protocol

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Differences in pain scores using the Linear Analogue Pain score immediately before and 2 hours after performing the block

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Statistical difference between the consumption of analgesics in the 12 hours after the block