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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN81000264
ISRCTN81000264
Completed
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Efficacy of Femoral Nerve Block vs Fascia Iliaca Block for preoperative analgesia in fracture neck of femur: a randomised unblinded comparison study

Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UK)0 sites120 target enrollmentOctober 12, 2011

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Fracture of femur
Sponsor
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Enrollment
120
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
October 12, 2011
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

Eligibility Criteria

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

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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