Division of Medical and Psychiatric Nursing, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok,, Thailand

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• Research Article   
  Comparison between three and six hours’ restriction of the lower limb after femoral artery sheath removal in patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention
  Author(s): S Naowapanich, U Poolsawa, U Petchon, S Satsue, W Foosang and Chunhakasem Chotinaiwattarakul*
  
  OBJECTIVE: To test the non-inferiority in bleeding and/or hematoma after sheath removal with either three or six hours of restriction, and to compare back pain and satisfaction between these groups. METHODS: The Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) enrolled 378 patients who underwent PCI via femoral artery post procedure who were admitted at the cardiac care unit or at the intermediate cardiac care ward, between July 2012 and June 2014. After sheath removal, the experimental group (n=182) was restricted to complete bed rest for three hours, whereas six hours for the control group (n=196). Z-test for non-inferiority as a test for bleeding and/or hematoma of 90% CI and a p-value<0.05 was considered statistically significant. The primary outcome was bleeding and/or hematoma, the secondary outcomes were back pain and satisfaction. RE.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37532/pulcj.22.6(4).37-40

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