University of Kerbala discusses a master’s thesis on the prevention of early complications after removal of the femoral sheath of cardiac catheterization.
I discussed a master’s thesis at the College of Nursing at the University of Kerbala, entitled “The effect of applying ice packs with direct pressure in preventing early complications after removing the femoral sheath of cardiac catheterization.”
The thesis aims to the student Abbas Bakal Hammoud to learn about cardiac catheterization in common for the diagnosis and treatment of acute coronary syndrome, which usually leads to early complications of this procedure to increase the length of stay in the hospital and costs. The study concluded that nearly 40% of the participants were in the 60-69 age groups, more than 76% of them were male and more than 53% were smokers. More than 20% were classified as grade 1 obesity in the experimental groups. More than 33% of the experimental group had high blood pressure and more than 56% were using heparin during cardiac catheterization. There were differences in the severity of bleeding, hematoma volume, bruising volume, and pain intensity between the experimental and control groups at the four different measurements. The interventional protocol (direct pressure ice pack application) was able to reduce the incidence of early complications and to obtain early walking after application of the protocol. The study recommended and according to the results, the direct pressure ice pack is effective in reducing the development of early complications after removing the femoral sheath. The thesis also recommended instructions for making an ice bag with direct pressure after removing the femoral sheath to reduce the severity of bleeding, hematoma, bruising and pain. Another study should be conducted to verify the benefit of applying the ice bag with direct pressure over other interventional procedures such as removing the arteriovenous fistula, the central venous line and the arterial line.
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