NCT00162630

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (planned)
• Sponsor: Hvidovre University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Hip Fracture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Fascia Iliaca Compartment Blockade

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-05-01
• Completion: 2006-03-01
• First posted: 2005-09-13
• Last updated: 2006-09-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark