Assessment and management of rib fracture pain in geriatric population: An ode to old age

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 626-631

  Wardhan, Richa ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatric; Pain management; Paravertebral blocks; Rib fractures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HYDROMORPHONE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ANALGESIA; BLUNT TRAUMA; BODY COMPOSITION; CHEST TUBE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COUGHING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; SENESCENCE; SPIROMETRY; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORAX INJURY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; EPIDURAL ANALGESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RIB FRACTURES; VERY ELDERLY; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RIB FRACTURES; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84888306413     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000432516.93715.a7     Document Type: Review

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