Use of ultrasound to facilitate accurate femoral nerve block in the emergency department

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-130

  Reid, Nicole ^a   Stella, Julian ^a   Ryan, Matt ^a   Ragg, Michael ^a  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Femoral nerve block; Regional anaesthesia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; TRAMADOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN SENSATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349158229     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01163.x     Document Type: Article

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