Ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block for pain control in an infant with a femur fracture due to nonaccidental trauma

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-184

  Frenkel, Oron ^a   Mansour, Karim ^b   Fischer, Jason W J ^c  

^a ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

long bone fracture; nerve block; pain control; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CONTROL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PAIN; PAVLICK HARNESS;

ACUTE PAIN; ANALGESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD ABUSE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FEMORAL NERVE; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INFANT; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NARCOTICS; NERVE BLOCK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84857154902     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182447ea3     Document Type: Article

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