Do continuous femoral nerve blocks affect the hospital length of stay and functional outcome? [12]

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 996-997

  Chelly, Jacques E ^a   Ben David, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; NERVE BLOCK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34047272345     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000258811.29571.3c     Document Type: Letter

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