Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia for the pain management of elderly patients with hip fractures in the emergency department

Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia for the pain management of elderly patients with hip fractures in the emergency department

Objective We examined the pain-relieving effect of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia performed by emergency physicians on elderly hip fracture patients. Methods This study is a prospective, non-randomized, case-control study. The subjects were patients older than 65 years who visited the emergen...

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Main Authors: Hee Kyung Lee, Bo Seung Kang, Chang Sun Kim, Hyuk Joong Choi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2014-09-01
Series:Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
hip fractures
anesthesia
conduction
ultrasound
Online Access:http://www.ceemjournal.org/upload/pdf/ceem-14-008.pdf

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