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

Shah 2016.

Study name Analgesia for positioning patient with femur fracture for spinal anaesthesia
Methods Parallel RCT, single‐blinded
Approved by the ethics committee and informed consent obtained
Site: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Data collection: October 2015 to December 2016
Funding: to be determined
Registration: retrospectively registered; NCT02983344
Participants 24 ASA I or II participants between 60 and 85 years of age undergoing elective surgery for repair of unilateral, single femoral fracture under spinal anaesthesia
Excluded: contraindication to spinal anaesthesia, known hypersensitivity or contraindication to medication used in this study, morbid obesity (body mass index > 35 kg/m2), infection at the intended site of administration of fascia iliaca compartment block, impaired cognitive function
Type of fracture: femoral neck or femoral shaft fracture
Anaesthetic technique for surgery: spinal anaesthesia
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
Comparator: no block
Outcomes Relevant to this review.
  1. Pain.

  2. Participant satisfaction.

  3. Complications.


Not relevant to this review.
  1. Quality of positioning for spinal block.

Starting date First posted: 6 December 2016
Study start date: October 2015
Study completion date:  December 2016
Last update posted: 6 September 2017
Contact information Dr Aida Mastura Mohd Shah
Notes Conflict of interest: to be determined
DOI: to be determined