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Do femoral nerve blocks improve acute pain control in adults with isolated hip fractures?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Katrina Hurley
Katrina Hurley*
Affiliation:
Emergency Medicine Resident, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, 351 Bethune, VG Site, 1278 Tower Rd., Halifax NS B3H 2Y9; 902 494-3199, fax 902 473-3617, kfhurley@dal.ca

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Keywords

hip fractureanalgesia
Type
CJEM Journal Club • Club De Lecture JCMU
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 6 , Issue 6 , November 2004 , pp. 441 - 443
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2004

References

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