Anaesthesia for hip fracture: A survey of Scottish practice

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 152-154

  Dickson, R E ^a   Patey, Rona E ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Elderly; Hip fracture; SIGN guidelines

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; DESFLURANE; ENFLURANE; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL; VOLATILE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE BLOCK; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032759093     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003693309904400509     Document Type: Article

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