Delirium in Elderly Patients With Trauma of the Hip
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2023-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
A broken hip occurs frequently in elderly patients and is often very painful. Side effects of
inadequately treated pain as well as the traditional drugs (administered through intravenous
catheter) used to treat pain are, among others, a confusional state, called delirium. When
pain medication is administered locally, only around the hip joint, pain might be treated
more effectively and these side effects could be prevented. This is called a nerve block.
The current study evaluates the use of a continuous nerve block throughout the complete
hospital admission with a catheter around the hip joint versus the use of traditionally used
pain medication administered though an intravenous catheter in elderly patients with a broken
hip. Half of all patients will receive the nerve block while in the emergency department and
the other half will receive pain medication through the intravenous access.
Phase:
Phase 4
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Collaborator:
ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development