Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Spinal Versus General Anesthesia for Hip Fracture Surgery

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2604-2606

  Neuman, Mark D ^a   Mehta, Samir ^a   Bannister, Evan R ^a   Hesketh, Patrick J ^a   Horan, Annamarie D ^a   Elkassabany, Nabil M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPINAL ANESTHESIA; AGED; EPIDURAL ANALGESIA; FRACTURE FIXATION; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FRACTURE FIXATION; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84999886595     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14373     Document Type: Letter

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