The anaesthetic management of upper femoral fracture

Current Anaesthesia and Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-33

  Stanley, Ian ^a  

^a ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Care bundle; Elderly; Hip fracture; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; ENFLURANE; FENTANYL; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; NITROUS OXIDE;

AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG UTILIZATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMUR FRACTURE; FLUID THERAPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GERIATRIC ANESTHESIA; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INDEPENDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; THERMOREGULATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WARMING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 19644386725     PISSN: 09537112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cacc.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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