Analgesic duration of a preoperative single-shot femoral nerve block with Bupivacaine and adjuvant Dexamethasone in patients with hip fracture

Thomas Fichtner Bendtsen0 个研究点目标入组 70 人开始时间: 2014年7月4日最近更新: 2018年2月19日

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•Clinical suspicion of hip fracture
•Age = 55 years
•Mentally capable of comprehending and using verbal pain score and distinguish between pain from the fractured hip and pain from other location.
•Arrival in the emergency room at times when one of the doctors who do the nerve blocks for this investigation are on call
•Verbal pain score (0-10trail) = 7 with passive leg raise at the time of inclusion
•Patients informed consent
•Are the trial subjects under 18? no
•Number of subjects for this age range:
•F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
•F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 5
•F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
•F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 65

•Hip fracture not confirmed by x-ray
•Weight < 40 kg
•Verbal pain score > 3, 30 minutes after the nerve block
•Verbal pain score > 5 with passive leg raise, 30 minutes after the nerve block
•Patient has previously beeb included in this trial
•Ongoing pre traumatic treatment with parenteral or intravenous adrenocortical hormone
•Verbal pain score > 3 from other locations than the fractured hip
•If the patient wishes to be excluded
•Allergy to local anesthetics or adrenocortical hormone
•Visible infection in the area of the point of needle injection
•Acute inability to comprehend and use verbal pain score

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Thomas Fichtner Bendtsen