Emergency Department Management of Femur Fractures

Patient demographics, mechanism of injury, femur fracture classification, associated treatments, pre-procedural pain scoring, post-procedural pain scoring, orthopedic consultation, and patient outcomes (discharge, admission to ward or ICU, mortality) will be recorded on the data form.

For acute pain management, the timing of treatment administration, effectiveness of the applied method based on pre- and post-procedural pain scoring systems will be assessed. Post-procedural pain scores will be collected at 30, 60, and 120 minutes.

Long-term complications as a result of hospitalization following emergency department follow-ups will include monitoring on days 7 and 21 for mortality and morbidity.

The patients will be analyzed in 5 groups based on the treatments administered in the emergency department.

• IV Opioid
• IV NSAID
• IV acetaminophen
• Femoral nerve block
• PENG block The researcher will not interfere with the treatment decision made by the responsible physician or the treatment process

Inclusion criteria

Patients over the age of 18 years

Exclusion criteria

Forensic cases Patients who do not have follow-up in our healthcare system or cannot be followed up Patients with allergies to opioids or local anesthetics Patients with suspected neuropathy among defined complications of diabetes mellitus Patients requiring treatment for ≥2 different types of fractures upon emergency department admission