Care of the post percutaneous coronary intervention patient.

Mills, Cally ; Wright, Christine; Newell, Caroline . Australian Nursing Journal 19.7 (Feb 2012): 26-7. Turn on hit highlighting for speaking browsers Hide highlighting Abstract (summary) TranslateAbstract Recent literature indicates ambulation prior to four hours is preferred practice and does not impact negatively at the femoral site (Augustin et al 2010; Schiks et at 2009; Gillane et al 2009) and has also been investigated to also be a safe practice in the low risk elderly population (Rao et al 2oii).The extent to which early ambulation is proving to be safe and does not result in an increase in complications means that same day discharge can be considered for PCI procedures (Rao et al 2011; Heyde et al 2007); and also with the increasing use of the radial artery for PCI access. Full Text  TranslateFull text  Turn on search term navigation Introduction