Three-in-one femoral nerve block as analgesia for fractured neck of femur in the emergency department: A randomized, controlled trial

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 227-233

  Fletcher, Alan K ^a,c   Rigby, Alan S ^b   Heyes, Francis L P ^a  

^a ROTHERHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKILL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037311476     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.51     Document Type: Article

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