Ultrasound-guided hematoma block in fractured neck of femur

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-81

  Mc Auliffe, Niamh ^a   Harmon, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMUR FRACTURE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEMATOMA; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 60749135675     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181933ff9     Document Type: Letter

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