Ultrasound-guided fascia iliaca compartment block for hip fractures in the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 692-697

  Haines, Lawrence ^a   Dickman, Eitan ^a   Ayvazyan, Sergey ^a   Pearl, Michelle ^a   Wu, Stanley ^b   Rosenblum, David ^a   Likourezos, Antonios ^a  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medicine; fascia iliaca compartment block; hip fracture; nerve block; regional anesthesia; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE SULFATE;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DIZZINESS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE BLOCK; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOMNOLENCE; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FASCIA ILIACA COMPARTMENT BLOCK; VITAL SIGN;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FASCIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; ILIUM; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84867335461     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.01.050     Document Type: Article

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