Open AccessPre-emptive analgesia with continuous fascia iliaca compartment block reduces postoperative delirium in elderly patients with hip fracture
Author(s) -
Jingcan Hao,
Birong Dong,
Jie Zhang,
Zhenguo Luo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
saudi medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1658-3175
pISSN - 0379-5284
DOI - 10.15537/smj.2019.9.24483
Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , anesthesia , delirium , fentanyl , incidence (geometry) , surgery , randomized controlled trial , osteoporosis , physics , intensive care medicine , optics
To evaluate whether pre-emptive analgesia is an effective technique to reduce postoperative delirium (PD) in geriatric patients with hip fracture.