Pain relief during positioning for spinal anesthesia in patients with femoral fracture: A comparison between femoral nerve block and intravenous nalbuphine

Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 928-932

  Durrani, Haq Dad ^a   Butt, Khalid Javed ^a   Khosa, Abrar Hussain ^a   Umer, Alina ^a   Pervaiz, Madiha ^a  

^a Sheikh Zayed Medical College and Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Femoral nerve block; Fracture femur; Intravenous analgesia; Spinal anesthesia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893876470     PISSN: 19967195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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