Status:

RECRUITING

Emergency Physician-performed Ultrasound-guided Femoral Nerve Blocks in Patients With Hip Fractures.

Lead Sponsor:

National Taiwan University Hospital

Conditions:

Hip Fractures

Eligibility:

All Genders

20+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

In this prospective study, emergency physicians perform ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block for patients with hip fractures. We compare the effectiveness of analgesia and patient satisfaction of ult...

Detailed Description

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided femoral nerve blocks performed by emergency physicians for pain control in the emergency department with traditional pain med...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients older than 20-year-old with hip fractures
  • Stay in the emergency department for at lease two hours

Exclusion

  • hemodynamic unstable
  • major trauma in addition to hip fractures
  • the use of any pain management before the arrival of emergency department
  • chronic opioid use
  • inability to understood the numerical rating scale after instruction
  • allergy to local anesthetics
  • coagulopathy
  • injection site infection

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 3 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 30 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05969561

Start Date

July 3 2023

End Date

December 30 2025

Last Update

August 5 2025

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NTUH Yunlin Branch

Douliu, Yunlin County, Taiwan, 640