Exploring pain management in older people with hip fracture.
Pain following a fractured neck of femur can be severe; in addition patients often have underlying medical problems. This article examines the problems associated with good pain control for older patients following fractured neck of femur. It introduces a Changing Practice article, due to be published in next week's issue, which outlines the development of a nurse-led service to provide preoperative femoral nerve blocks.
Layzell
Mandy
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Acute Pain Service, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and Health and Social Care, Bournemouth University.
D000368:Aged; D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D000700:Analgesics / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009407:Nerve Block; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement
D000700:Analgesics