Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block for Pain Management in Hip Fracture Patients
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2021-10-14
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
BLOCKPAIN is a randomized controlled study, 80 participants. The participants will be hip
fracture patients in Emergency Medicine Department in Clinical Hospital "Sveti Duh", Zagreb,
Croatia. Upon patient arrival inclusion and exclusion criteria will be established. After
signing the informed consent form participant will be randomized in one of two study groups.
One study group is fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB), the other is placebo. All
participants will be given paracetamol 1 gram IV as standard care. If needed, rescue
analgesic will be tramadol 100 mg in 100 ml saline IV. The time frame is 24 hours after the
FICB or placebo procedure.