Research Article
Procedure-Related Access Site Pain Multimodal Management following Percutaneous Cardiac Intervention: A Randomized Control Trial
Table 3
The access-site complication distribution between groups.
| | Access-site complications | Control group n = 68 | Intervention group n = 65 | p | | n (%) or mean ± SD |
| | Hemostasis-related | | Hemostasis time (h) | 6.5 ± 2.9 | 7.1 ± 4.2 | 0.445 | | Hand swelling following hemostasis | 34 (50.0) | 47 (72.3) | 0.008 |
| | Swelling disappearance (h) | 46.69 ± 39.1 | 29.02 ± 16.6 | 0.045 | | Purpura rash following hemostasis | 24 (35.8) | 28 (43.1) | 0.394 | | Purpura rush disappearance (h) | 78.55 ± 51.8 | 58.56 ± 33.9 | 0.204 |
| | During the procedure | | Vasospasm | 3 (4.4) | 4 (6.2) | 0.736 |
| | After the procedure | | Arterial bleeding | 3 (4.4) | 2 (3.1) | 0.686 | | Hematoma | 9 (13.2) | 16 (24.6) | 0.093 | | Pseudoaneurysm | 1 (1.5) | 0 | 0.326 | | Infection | 0 | 0 | — | | Thrombosis | 0 | 0 | — | | Arteriovenous fistula | 0 | 0 | — |
| | Hematoma (EASY) classification | | 1 | 3 (37.5) | 8 (57.1) | 0.596 | | 2 | 3 (37.5) | 5 (35.7) | | 3 | 2 (25.0) | 1 (7.1) | | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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EASY: Early Discharge after Transradial Stenting of Coronary Arteries Study—access-site hematoma classification [ 3]; τc-0.251. |
