Comparison of Patients Undergoing Radial or Femoral Arterial Access for Percutaneous Catheterization-Nursing Aspects

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center160 enrolled

Overview

Transradial access is a recently developed alternative for diagnostic andf interventional cardiac catheterization. We sought to compare the differences between patients that have undergone PTCA transradial and transfemoral access from the nursing point of view: 1. Anxiety levels 2. Pain at access point, pain in general and level of pain during mobility 3. Differences in feelings of embarrassement 4. Differences in satisfaction

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

160

Conditions

Femoral Artery Access Radial Artery Access

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All patients scheduled for PTCA without any exclusion criteria Exclusion Criteria: * Dementia * Psychiatric patients * Unconscious * Minors * Patients who had PTCA in past * Patients who were initially scheduled for different access

Locations (1)

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Hadera, Israel

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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