Winso 2009.

Study name	Femoral nerve blockade in hip fracture patients: a randomised controlled trial
Methods	Parallel RCT Approved by the ethics committee and informed consent obtained Site: Umea University, Umea, Sweden Data collection: 30 March 2009 to 31 December 2010 Funding: governmental Registration: retrospectively registered; ISRCTN46653818
Participants	250 participants ≥ 70 years of age with hip fracture Excluded: local infection, allergic to local anaesthesia, dying, pathological hip fracture 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: 5 days
Interventions	Intervention: femoral nerve block Comparator: no block
Outcomes	Relevant to this review. Pain. Acute confusional state. Mortality. Pressure sores. Complications. Not relevant to this review. Thrombosis. Congestive heart failure. Cognitive function. Quality of life.
Starting date	First posted: 5 May 2009 Study start date: 30 March 2009  Study completion date:  31 December 2010 Last update posted: 13 January 2015
Contact information	Professor Ola Winso
Notes	Conflict of interest: to be determined DOI: to be determined