Which anesthetic technique is more suitable for hip fracture surgery in patients above the age of 85, spinal or epidural?

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 638-642

  Asao, Yasuhiro ^a   Kasai, Shin Ya ^a   Higuchi, Tomoyasu ^a   Tsubaki, Noriko ^a   Kobayashi, Osamu ^a  

^a Tottori Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly patient; Epidural anesthesia; Hip fracture; Spinal anesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEART RATE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 21044433362     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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