Inappropriate conclusion from meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Anesthesiology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1494-1495

  Barrington, Michael J ^a   Olive, David J ^a   Kluger, Roman ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE;

CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 79958145737     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31821b1ae2     Document Type: Letter

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