Emergency Department Femoral Nerve Blocks and 1-Year Mortality in Fragility Hip Fractures.

Michael Darren Polischuk Nrusheel KattarAshwin RajeshTony GergisKieran KingSajan SriselvakumarChristopher ShelfoonGenni LynchKate CampbellCameron Cooke

Published in: Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation (2019)

There was no statistically significant difference in 1-year mortality, although individuals who did not receive an FNB were more likely to be nonambulant at 1 year.

Keyphrases

emergency department
cardiovascular events
risk factors
cardiovascular disease