Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Site specific nerve block: Ultrasound guided site specific nerve block according to location of fracture. Nerve block is performed by inserting a nerve block needle under ultrasound gui
Sponsors
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Adult of both gender from eighteen to eighty years presenting to emergency department with history of trauma and triaged as yellow or green and having upper or lower limb fractures with on arrival pain score greater than or equal to seven and patient or legally authorized representative gives consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patient or legally authorized representative is unable or unwilling to give consent or red triaged patients or patients with unstable vitals on arrival or less than eighteen years or greater than eighty years or patients with life threatening comorbidities or history of hypersensitivity or known contraindication to local anaesthetics or pain score less than seven
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To study and compare the pain score reduction during initial six hours of interventionTimepoint: 1hour,3hour,6hour | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To study complications of block procedure & compare with complications of opiod usageTimepoint: Over 6 hours;To study the length of emergency department stayTimepoint: In hours;To study the reduction in opiod usage due to block procedureTimepoint: Over 6 hours;To study the time taken to do the procedureTimepoint: In minutes;To study the time taken to reduce the pain after interventionTimepoint: In minutes | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Barada Prasad Debasish Panda
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Outcome results
None listed