Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 162-171.e1 , August 2007

A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing a Fascia Iliaca Compartment Nerve Block to a Traditional Systemic Analgesic for Femur Fractures in a Pediatric Emergency Department

This study was presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting, May 2005, Washington, DC.

  • Joe E. Wathen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Science Center, The Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Joe E. Wathen, MD, The Children’s Hospital, Emergency Department B251, 1056 E 19th Ave, Denver, CO 80218; 303-837-5464, fax 303-764-8694
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  • Dexiang Gao, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Science Center, The Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO
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  • Glenn Merritt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Science Center, The Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO
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  • Gaia Georgopoulos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Orthopedics, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Science Center, The Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO.
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  • F. Keith Battan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Science Center, The Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO

Received 14 December 2005 ,Revised 24 August 2006 ,Accepted 11 September 2006.

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 Supervising editor: Kathy N. Shaw, MD, MSCEAuthor contributions: JEW conceived the study and designed the trial. GM provided training and instruction of the nerve block. GG provided orthopedic care and follow-up data. JEW supervised data collection. DG provided statistical analyses of the data. FKB assisted in study design and review of the manuscript. JEW drafted the article, and all authors contributed to its revision. JEW takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Financial support was from The Children’s Hospital Research Institute.Available online January 8, 2007.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(06)02261-X

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.09.006

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 162-171.e1 , August 2007

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