Status:

COMPLETED

Ultrasound Guided Pain Control Versus Standard Treatment in Emergency Department HIP Fracture Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Antonios Likourezos

Collaborating Sponsors:

Emergency Medicine Foundation

Conditions:

Hip Fracture

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Hip Fracture (HFx) is a painful injury that is often treated in the Emergency Department (ED) with intravenous opiates. However, this class of medications may cause deleterious side effects. An altern...

Detailed Description

Hip fracture (HFx) is a painful orthopedic emergency that commonly presents to the Emergency Department (ED). There are approximately 320,000 HFx diagnosed annually in the United States, with this num...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • English speaking patients
  • ≥18 years of age
  • radiographic evidence of hip fracture
  • Patients must be awake, alert and oriented to time, place and person.
  • pain score of ≥ 5 in 10 point scale.

Exclusion

  • cognitive deficits
  • allergic to amide-type local anesthetic or morphine
  • more injuries than just hip fracture.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

64 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01904071

Start Date

October 1 2008

End Date

August 1 2010

Last Update

June 6 2018

Active Locations (1)

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Maimonides Medical Center

Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11219