The association between lower extremity continuous peripheral nerve blocks and patient falls after knee and hip arthroplasty

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1552-1554

  Ilfeld, Brian M ^a   Duke, Kimberly B ^b   Donohue, Michael C ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE BLOCK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650306821     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181fb9507     Document Type: Article

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