Tsui 2015.
| Study name | Use of pre‐operative nerve blocks in older patients with hip fracture: a pilot study |
| Methods | Parallel RCT Approved by the ethics committee and informed consent obtained Site: University of Alberta, Canada Data collection: June 2015 to December 2016 Funding: to be determined Registration: NCT02450045 |
| Participants | 75 participants ≥ 65 years or age, ambulatory pre‐fracture, who sustained a low‐energy hip fracture (i.e. fall from standing), have a Mini Mental Status Examination score ≥ 13 (moderate dementia), and received consent to participate in the study Excluded: admitted to hospital more than 30 hours from injury, regular use of opiate medications, Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) test not performed within 6 hours of ward admission, known allergy to local anaesthetic Type of fracture: low‐energy 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: 5 days |
| Interventions |
Intervention: femoral nerve block Comparator: no block |
| Outcomes | Relevant to this review.
Not relevant to this review.
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| Starting date | First posted: 21 May 2015 Study start date: June 2015 Study completion date: December 2016 Last update posted: 26 October 2016 |
| Contact information | Ban Tsui |
| Notes | Conflict of interest: to be determined DOI: to be determined |