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Study aim
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Comparison of adding dexmedetomidine to ketorolac and morphine on pain control due to femoral fracture surgery
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Design
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This study is a factorial phase 3 clinical trial that will be conducted in the orthopedic department of Imam Reza Hospital in Tabriz with a sample size of 200 people. The patients will be included in the study by the available sampling method and will be divided into four groups A (dexmedetomidine + morphine), group B (morphine), group C (dexmedetomidine + ketorolac) and group D (ketorolac) using the random number table method.
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Settings and conduct
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Orthopedic Department of Imam Reza Tabriz Hospital, where only patients will be blinded. The volume of injected medicine will be the same for all patients so that the patients will be blinded during the study. Also, only the relevant nurse will know the type of medicine prepared.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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femoral fracture patients will be included in the study regarding the following criteria: consent to participate in the study, candidate for femur fracture surgery, duration of surgery less than 2 hours, body mass index below 30, and spinal anesthesia method and exclusion criteria also include drug addiction, drug use Painkillers half an hour before surgery, amount of bleeding more than 1000 cc during surgery, multi-trauma patients, sensitivity to one of the intervention drugs, history of mental illnesses and use of anti-stress and anti-depressant drugs, history of cardiovascular drug use, patients with a heart rate less than 50 times per minute, patients with heart failure, patients with kidney failure, spinal anesthesia contraindications and patients with a history of deep vein thrombosis.
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Intervention groups
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They will be divided into four groups A (dexmedetomidine + morphine), group B (morphine), group C (dexmedetomidine + ketorolac) and group D (ketorolac).
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Main outcome variables
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pain intensity