Regional analgesia in the emergency department for hip fractures: Survey of current UK practice and its impact on services in a teaching hospital

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 909-913

  Rashid, Anwar ^a,b   Beswick, Eleanor ^b,c   Galitzine, Svetlana ^b   Fitton, Laurence ^b  

^a BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MILTON KEYNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FASCIA; FEMORAL NERVE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP FRACTURE; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; NERVE BLOCK; PHYSICIAN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HIP FRACTURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908507338     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202794     Document Type: Article

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