Improving Outcomes in Hip Fractures with Regional Anesthesia

The Pulse| April 2024 Improving Outcomes in Hip Fractures with Regional Anesthesia Kelly Wolfgang Kelly Wolfgang Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor April 2024, Vol. 88, 27. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0001010688.12723.57 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Kelly Wolfgang; Improving Outcomes in Hip Fractures with Regional Anesthesia. ASA Monitor 2024; 88:27 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0001010688.12723.57 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: anesthesia, conduction, hip fractures, peripheral block anesthesia Emerging evidence suggests that patients who suffer hip fractures and other traumatic injuries are at risk of prolonged opioid use when inadequate analgesia occurs. For anesthesiologists, proper acute pain management is imperative, from preoperative patient assessment to the postoperative recovery stage. Uncontrolled pain can be detrimental, and if the analgesic needs of patients with trauma are forgotten, a high risk of long-term opioid use is posed. Recent studies have shown a proven benefit of regional anesthesia and multimodal analgesia in patients with orthopedic trauma, and evidence has mounted for the use of peripheral nerve blocks in reducing opioid use, reducing pain, lowering mortality rates, and preserving motor function in patients with hip fractures. Jinlei Li, MD, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of Regional Anesthesia at Yale New Haven Hospital, urged that missing or dismissing analgesic needs of patients with orthopedic trauma could result in respiratory failure, intubation, ICU admission, and... You do not currently have access to this content.