Prospective study of elderly people comparing treatments following first primary care consultation for a symptomatic hip or knee

Family Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 118-125

  Linsell, Louise ^a   Dawson, Jill ^b   Zondervan, Krina ^c   Randall, Tony ^a   Rose, Peter ^a   Carr, Andrew ^d   Fitzpatrick, Ray ^a  

^a University Department of Primary Health Care   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hip pain; Knee pain; NSAIDs; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIGOUT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DICLOFENAC; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; FENOPROFEN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYALURONIC ACID; IBUPROFEN; MISOPROSTOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANONYMOUS TESTING; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HIP DISEASE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHROGRAPHY; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH ULCER; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; GERIATRICS; HIP; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 14644433776     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh609     Document Type: Article

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