Peripheral nerve blocks for hip fractures

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Guay, Joanne ^a   Parker, Martyn J ^b   Griffiths, Richard ^c   Kopp, Sandra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b PETERBOROUGH CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c EDITH CAVELL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFUSION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ANALGESIA; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85019151126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001159.pub2     Document Type: Review

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