Background Various nerve blocks with local anaesthetic agents have been used to reduce
pain after hip fracture and subsequent surgery. This review was published originally in 1999 …

BACKGROUND: Improving perioperative efficiency and throughput has become
increasingly important in the modern practice of anesthesiology. Fast-track surgery …

Importance More than 300 000 hip fractures occur each year in the United States. Recent
practice guidelines have advocated greater use of regional anesthesia for hip fracture …

We read with great interest the letter from Dr. Mason and colleagues. Since they raised
substantial concerns about the validity of our findings, we carefully reviewed the data set that …

Our aim was to determine the total blood loss associated with surgery for fracture of the hip
and to identify risk factors for increased blood loss. We prospectively studied 546 patients …

Background This review was published originally in 1999 and was updated in 2001, 2002,
2009, 2017, and 2020. Updating was deemed necessary due to the high incidence of hip …

Background: Hip fracture patients are in severe pain upon arrival at the emergency
department. Pain treatment is traditionally based on systemic opioids. No study has …

Background: Pain management is integral to the management of hip fracture. Purpose: To
review the benefits and harms of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions for …

Background: the impact of anaemia on the outcome after a hip fracture surgery is
controversial, but anaemia can potentially decrease the physical performance and thereby …

This paper is the 28th consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning
the endogenous opioid system, now spanning over a quarter-century of research. It …