Clinical Trial: Perioperative Methadone Compared to Placebo in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Hip Fractures
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Perioperative Methadone Compared to Placebo in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients
Brief Summary:
Hip fractures are associated with severe pain and are sustained by the elderly population.Demand for adequate pain relief combined with a low tolerance for analgesic drugs makes the treatment of elderly hip fracture patients difficult.Perioperative methadone could improve the analgesic treatment of these patients.An earlier pilot study showed that 0.10 mg/kg was safe to use.This study further investigates the advantages of methadone.The study's objective is to investigate the analgesic effects of a…
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