Anaesthesia for hip fracture surgery in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2004, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Parker, Martyn J ^a   Handoll, Helen H G ^b   Griffiths, Richard ^c  

^a PETERBOROUGH CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c EDITH CAVELL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 16644373346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000521.pub2     Document Type: Review

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