Femoral nerve blockade administered preclinically for pain relief in severe knee trauma is more feasible and effective than intravenous metamizole: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1535-1538

  Barker, Renate ^a   Schiferer, Arno ^a   Gore, Carmen ^b   Gorove, Laszlo ^c   Lang, Thomas ^a   Steinlechner, Barbara ^a   Roumieh, Kassem Abou ^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 Ambulance Service   (Hungary)

^d Vienna Red Cross   (Austria)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Femoral nerve blockade; Knee trauma; Metamizole; Regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

DIPYRONE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; PRILOCAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMORAL NERVE; FOLLOW UP; INJURY SCALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIPYRONE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650308423     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318058a03b     Document Type: Article

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