Fascia iliaca block for pain relief from proximal femoral fracture in the emergency department: a review of the literature.
Adam ChestersPaul R AtkinsonPublished in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2014)
the fascia iliaca block could have an important role in first-line pain control for patients presenting to the emergency department with a proximal femoral fracture. There is potential to reform the acute management of this common group of patients.
Keyphrases
- emergency department
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic pain
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- pain management
- healthcare
- patient reported outcomes
- liver failure
- intensive care unit
- spinal cord
- adverse drug
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- case report