NCT05403073

Ultrasound Guided Nerve Block for Hip Fracture Pain Management at Emergency Department

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 72 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hospital San Carlos, Madrid · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The main objective is to determine if ultrasound guided suprainguinal iliac fascia block leads in better clinical outcomes such as pain management or time to home discharge.

Detailed description

Determining effectiveness in ultrasound guided suprainguinal iliac fascia block as a tool of comfortability of patients with less use of opioids and their side effects and its possible influence in early discharge to home has no evidence in orthopedics literature till today. Ultrasound becomes an accessible tool at Emergency Departments and Orthopedic Surgeons are increasingly interested its clinical use. This clinical trial wants to investigate if its use for hip nerve block leads in better clinical outcomes such as pain management or time to home discharge.

Conditions

• Hip Fractures
• Pain, Acute
• Ultrasound Therapy; Complications

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Ultrasound guided Suprainguinal Iliac Fascia Nerve Block.	Pain management at ER Department will be as usually with iv drugs and ultrasound guided Suprainguinal Iliac Fascia Nerve Block.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-06-01
• Primary completion: 2022-12-01
• Completion: 2023-02-01
• First posted: 2022-06-03
• Last updated: 2022-06-03