Patterns of analgesia for fractured neck of femur in Australian emergency departments: Original Research

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-8

  Holdgate, Anna ^a,b   Shepherd, Shamus A ^a   Huckson, Sue ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Fractured neck of femur

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CODEINE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PAIN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77049083660     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01246.x     Document Type: Article

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