Pain relief management following proximal femoral fractures: Options, issues and controversies

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• 作者：Theodoros H. Tosounidisp>ap>p> ; p>p>cp>p> ; p>p>ttosounidis@yahoo.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding authorp> ; Hassaan Sheikhp>ap> ; Martin H. Stonep>bp>p> ; p>p>cp> ; Peter V. Giannoudisp>ap>p> ; p>p>cp>
• 关键词：Elderly ; Pain ; Hip fractures ; Proximal femoral fractures ; Analgesia
• 刊名：Injury
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：November 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：46
• 期：supp_S5
• 页码：S52-S58
• 全文大小：542 K

文摘

The majority of proximal femoral fractures occur in the elderly population. Safe and adequate pain relief is an integral part of the overall management of hip fractures. Inherent difficulties in the assessment of pain in elderly need to be taken into account and unique considerations should be made regarding the effective analgesia due to different elderly physiology, and their response to trauma and subsequent surgery. The pain management should start as soon as possible and special emphasis should be paid to contemporary methods of regional anaesthesia whilst a multimodal approach should be adopted in the perioperative period. The present review summarises the contemporary treatment options and controversies pertaining to the management of pain in elderly patients with proximal femoral fractures.