Effectiveness of Femoral Nerve Blockade for Pain Control After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 311-316

  Duarte, Victor M ^a   Fallis, Wendy M ^a   Slonowsky, Dean ^a   Kwarteng, Kwadwo ^a   Yeung, Colin K L ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CANADA; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION THERAPY, CONTINUOUS PASSIVE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749239192     PISSN: 10899472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jopan.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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