Bed Position and Head Elevation: The first group will remain in the supine position for 6 hours after the Angiography procedure, and the treated leg will be kept straight and immobile. Patients will not move their legs during this period. A sandbag weighing approximately 4 kg will be placed over the catheter dressing for 6 hours to prevent bleeding and subcutaneous blood accumulation. For the first two hours, the patient will lie on his back and on a flat surface with his legs extended straight. During the remaining 4 hours, investigators will monitor the patient's bed head by raising it 15 degrees intermittently under the supervision of the doctor, and at the end of the 6th hour, the sandbag on the leg will be removed. Blood pressure, pulse rate, respiratory rate, body temperature, as well as pain level will be measured every two hours.
Study summary
In this study, it was aimed to determine the effect of the special position given to the patient after transfemoral coronary angiography (supine position that varies depending on the angles) on pain, bleeding, hematoma and vital signs.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Hours
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
* Written and verbal permission was obtained to participate in the research.
* Able to read, write, speak and understand Turkish
* Those who are over 18 years old
* Planned transfemoral angiography was performed
* Having normal prothrombin time (PT) and international normalization ratio (INR)
* Being conscious, fully oriented and cooperative, and open to communication.
* Those whose general condition is good and comfortable (vital signs are within normal limits)
* Not using any sedative medication,
* Those who have not previously had widespread hemorrhage, large hematoma, or a pain sensation greater than 4.5 on the visual pain scale
* Patients with imaging, medical treatment, stents, balloons, stents and balloons as a result of the procedure
* Not having any psychiatric disease
Exclusion Criteria:
Exclusion criteria;
* People with hemophilia or other coagulation defects
* Those with active hemorrhage
* Previously treated with streptokinase
* Using more than 2 anticoagulants or antiplatelets
* Those who have had back surgery/herniated disc,
* Having chronic waist, back or leg pain
* Using any of the complementary and integrated methods
* Do not use any analgesic before, during and after transfemoral angiography.
* Radial angiography procedure was performed
* Patients coming to the service with sandbags
* Those who had any health problems or lost their lives during the application process
* Those who cannot continue the research for any reason
* Patients who wish to leave the study with their own consent
Primary outcome measure(s)
Visual Analog Scale — Pre-intervention and after the intervention 6 hour. First evaluation criterion after transfemoral coronary angiography is pain. The results will be evaluated using the Visual Analog Scale. "No pain" is rated as 0 points (minimum value) and "very severe pain" is rated as 10 points (maximum value). Pain will decrease as Visual Analog Scale score decreases.
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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