Regional anesthesia as compared with general anesthesia for surgery in geriatric patients with hip fracture: Does it decrease morbidity, mortality, and health care costs? Results of a single-centered study

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 948-956

  Le Wendling, Linda ^a   Bihorac, Azra ^a   Baslanti, Tezcan Ozrazgat ^a   Lucas, Stephen ^a   Sadasivan, Kalia ^a   Wendling, Adam ^a   Heyman, H James ^a   Boezaart, Andre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Pain; Aged; Analgesic; Anesthesiology; Elderly

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR ARTHROPLASTY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; THERAPY DELAY;

EID: 84863866270     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01402.x     Document Type: Article

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