Effect of local cold and hot pack on the bruising of Enoxaparin Sodium Injection Site : A Randomized Controlled Trial
| Autor: | Hamid Haghani, Christina Sieloff, Shokouh Varaei, Mojtaba Vaismoradi, Sara Amaniyan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Hot Temperature medicine.drug_class Hospitalized patients Contusions Injections Subcutaneous Low molecular weight heparin law.invention 03 medical and health sciences Nursing care 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law Injection site Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Nursing science: 808 [VDP] Enoxaparin General Nursing 030504 nursing Hot pack business.industry Middle Aged Surgery Bruise Cold Temperature Anesthesia Female medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business Enoxaparin sodium medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Contemporary Nurse |
| Popis: | Purpose: This study aimed to assess the effect of the application of local cold and cold-hot packs upon the size of bruising at the injection site of subcutaneous enoxaparin sodium.Methods: One-hundred and eighty patients with coronary diseases were allocated randomly to three groups: (i) local cold gel pack group; (ii) local cold-hot gel pack group; and (iii) control group. Assessment of the presence of a bruise was conducted at 24, 48 and 72 hours after the injections for all patients.Results: The cold-hot pack group had significantly less and smaller injection site bruising than the two other groups at 48 and 72 hours (both p < 0.001).Conclusions: The local application of cold-hot packs is more effective on reducing bruises following enoxaparin sodium injections when compared with local cold pack application alone.Thus, this process can improve the quality of nursing care for hospitalized patients receivingthese injections. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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