Musculoskeletal injections: A review of the evidence

American Family Physician

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 971-976

  Stephens, Mark B ^a,b   Beutler, Anthony I ^a   O'Connor, Francis G ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE ACETATE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE DERIVATIVE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; SOLUREX; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE HEXACETONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BURSITIS; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DE QUERVAIN TENOSYNOVITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INJECTION; INJECTION SITE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SKIN DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TROCHANTERIC BURSITIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES;

EID: 56149116775     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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