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. 2020 Nov 25;2020(11):CD001159. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001159.pub3

Graham 2008.

Study characteristics
Methods Parallel RCT
Approved by the ethics committee and informed written consents obtained
Site: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Trauma & Emergency Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China
Data collection: April 2000 to October 2001
Funding: no information
Registration: no information
Participants 40 adult participants (> 16 years of age) with adequate abbreviated mental tests and hip fracture confirmed by X‐ray
Excluded: known allergy or contraindication to morphine or bupivacaine, abbreviated mental test score < 9
Type of fracture: hip fracture
Anaesthetic technique for surgery: no information
Surgical technique: no information
Mean age: 79.2 years (range: not stated)
Percentage female: 93.5%
Length of follow‐up: 24 hours
Interventions Intervention: femoral (3‐in‐1) nerve block (N = 18)
Comparator: no nerve block (N = 22)
Outcomes Relevant to this review.

  1. Pain.

  2. Acute confusional state.

  3. Opioids.

  4. Complications.


Not relevant to this review:

  1. Time to perform the block
Notes Conflict of interest: no information
DOI: n/a
Email sent on 5 January 2020
Sources obtained for risk of bias assessment.

  1. Journal article with results of the trial.