Traumatologic Acute Pain Management With Fentanyl Transdermal Therapeutic System (TTS)

Patients will be treated perioperatively with a new pain management, that has been modified to integrate the 2017 ESA guidelines on prevention/treatment of postoperative delirium. Moreover patients will be administered a 12µg/h Fentanyl TTS in the ER or PACU. The ER TTS will only be administered if the patients still has mild to intense pain after initial intravenous (i.v.) treatment as well as reposition of the fractured hip. Further aspects of the modified management are: avoiding benzodiazepines, allowing oral fluids up to 2 hours before surgery, intraoperative monitoring of anaesthesia depth and at least 1,8 ltr crystalloid infusion per day.

Placebo plaster in the ER or PACU