Vascular complications in cardiac catheterization and coronary intervention procedures

Dumont, C.J., Keeling, A.W., Bourguignon, C., Sarembock, I.J., and Turner, M.

"Diagnostic cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary interventions."

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, Vol. 25, No. 3.

In general, nurses are responsible for the postoperative care of patients after cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention procedures. The consequences of postoperative complications can be extremely serious. Therefore, it is essential that research be conducted to correctly identify the specific risk factors for vascular complications associated with both of these procedures so that effective protocols can be developed to enable nurses to mitigate those risks as much as possible.

Purpose Statement

The purpose of this research study is to establish baseline data detailing the incidence and types of the vascular complications experienced by patients during the postoperative-care phase of cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention procedures. This study is intended to identify and quantify the relative significance of risk predictors for complications following these types of procedures and to determine the patient demographic, comorbidity, and procedural variables that are statistically relevant to predicting clinical vascular access complications.

Jerlock, M., Gaston-Johansson, F., and Danielson, E. "Living with unexplained chest pain." Journal of Clinical Nursing, Vol. 14 (2005): 956 -- 964.

Purpose Statement

The purpose of this study is to identify any possible connections between lifestyle and life events and the chest pains experienced by patients, especially by patients without any identifiable cardiovascular or circulatory ailments. By interviewing patients admitted to emergency rooms complaining of chest pains, it might be possible to identify common factors responsible for those subjective symptoms. This study is especially useful in connection with helping patients without identifiable etiology reduce behavioral and psychosocial contributors to their symptoms.