Postoperative Pain Management in Patients Undergoing Intramedullary Nail Fixation After Tibia and Femoral Fractures

PHASE4CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

167

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 18, 2021

Primary Completion Date

October 1, 2022

Study Completion Date

October 1, 2022

Conditions
Femur FractureTibial Fractures
Interventions
DRUG

Intravenous ketorolac and oral acetaminophen

ketorolac 30 mg intravenous (IV) every 6 hours for patients younger than 70 years versus ketorolac 15 mg IV every 6 hours for patients older than 70 years, first dose will be administered 30 minutes preoperatively. An additional 1000mg of oral acetaminophen will be administered every 6 hours simultaneously regardless of the age group

DRUG

Intravenous morphine and oral oxycodone

Morphine 0.1 mg per kg intravenous every 6 hours with an additional oral oxycodone combined with acetaminophen 2 tabs every 6 hours.

Trial Locations (1)

00936

University District Hospital, San Juan

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of Puerto Rico

OTHER