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Fascia iliaca compartment block as a preoperative analgesic in elderly patients with hip fractures – effects on cognition

BACKGROUND: Impaired cognition is a major risk factor for perioperative delirium. It is essential to provide good pain control in patients with hip fractures and especially important in patients with severely impaired cognitive status, as they receive less pain medication, have poorer mobility, poor...

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Autores principales: Wennberg, Pär, Möller, Margareta, Herlitz, Johan, Kenne Sarenmalm, Elisabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6739926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31510918
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1266-0