Corticosteroid injections for painful shoulders

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1178-1186

  Bell, Alan David ^a   Conaway, D ^b  

^a HUMBER RIVER REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Intra articular injection; Shoulder impingement syndrome; Shoulder pain; Tendonitis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ARISTOSPAN FORTE; BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNALONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; TRIAMCINOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE HEXACETONIDE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTHROPATHY; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BURSITIS; CAREGIVER; CELLULITIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEPIGMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEMARTHROSIS; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMAGING SYSTEM; INJECTION SITE INFECTION; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; JOINT DESTRUCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE INJURY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SEPSIS; SHOULDER PAIN; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNOVITIS; TENDINITIS; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ARTHRITIS; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SHOULDER; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME;

ARTHRITIS; BURSITIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; PATIENT SELECTION; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 33644847583     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2005.00640.x     Document Type: Review

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