A randomized controlled trial of femoral nerve blockade administered preclinically for pain relief in femoral trauma

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1852-1854

  Schiferer, Arno ^a,e   Gore, Carmen ^b   Gorove, Laszlo ^c   Lang, Thomas ^a   Steinlechner, Barbara ^a   Zimpfer, Michael ^a   Kober, Alexander ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c Hungarian National Emergency and Ambulance Service   (Hungary)

^d Vienna Red Cross   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRONE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACCIDENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; HEART RATE; HIP DISLOCATION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLA TENDON; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 36549034866     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000287676.39323.9e     Document Type: Article

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