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

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00638586

Enrollment

160

Registered

2008-03-19

Start date

2008-04-30

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2008-03-19

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Conditions

Femoral Artery Access, Radial Artery Access

Brief summary

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

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* All patients scheduled for PTCA without any

Countries

Israel

Outcome results