Levins 2006.

Study name	Intra‐ and post‐operative analgesia for patients undergoing surgery for hip fracture ‐ role of fascia iliaca compartment block
Methods	Parallel RCT, double‐blind (participants and caregivers) Approved by the ethics committee and informed consent obtained Site: Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, UK Data collection: to be determined Funding: governmental Registration: retrospectively registered ISRCTN75659782
Participants	40 adult participants of ASA I to III admitted to Selly Oak Hospital with hip fracture and scheduled for fixation will be recruited after consent is obtained Exclusion criteria: dementia/confusion, preoperative chest infection and/or poor respiratory function, temperature ≥ 38° C, white cell count > 11,000/mm3, respiratory rate > 25/min, auscultation and/or chest X‐ray evidence, SpO2 < 90% on air, congestive cardiac failure, bed‐bound or use of ≥ 2 aids for mobilization pre‐fracture, malignancy, coagulopathy, known or suspected allergy to ropivacaine and/or morphine, local infection at site where the block is to be performed, refusal of permission to approach general practitioner Type of fracture: hip fracture Anaesthetic technique for surgery: to be determined Surgical technique: to be determined Mean age: (range ): to be determined Percentage female: % to be determined Length of follow‐up: 24 hours
Interventions	Intervention: fascia iliaca compartment block (N = 20) Comparator: morphine (N = 20)
Outcomes	Relevant to this review. Pain. Mortality. Opioids. Complications. Not relevant to this review. Duration of analgesia. Recovery room length of stay. Opioid side effects. Cognitive function. Functional recovery.
Starting date	First posted: 28 September 2007 Study start date: 4 April 2006 Study completion date: 4 April 2007 Last update posted: 12 October 2017
Contact information	FA Levins, UK
Notes	Conflict of interest: to be determined DOI 10.1186