The Impact of Peripheral Nerve Techniques on Hospital Stay Following Major Orthopedic Surgery

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 828-834

  Lenart, Mark J ^a,b   Wong, Kam ^a,c   Gupta, Rajnish K ^a   Mercaldo, Nathaniel D ^a   Schildcrout, Jonathan S ^a   Michaels, Damon ^a   Malchow, Randall J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Pain; Narcotics; Opioids; Pain Management; Postoperative Pain; Quality of Health Care

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84862530469     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01363.x     Document Type: Article

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