An observational study in Paresthesia, Peri-operative Injury and Complication,Postoperative, sponsored by Rigshospitalet, Denmark. Completed at 1 site in Denmark. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-09-19.
Sponsored by Rigshospitalet, Denmark · Observational
To describe the incidence and severity of Paresthesia in Hand and Antebrachium in patients that have undergone CardiacSurgery.
Some patients report tingling and/or numbness in hand and/or antebrachium after cardiac surgery, but potential risc factors and clinical course are not well described, and the incidence or severity is not known. Many factors may impact on the development of these complaints: age, BMI, pre-operative neurological deficits, diabetes, type, technique and duration of cardiac surgery, positioning of arms and hands during surgery, placement of the arterial line, time-to-extubation and post-operative positioning during this period.
The investigators aim to describe incidence and clinical course of these complaints and possibly identify modifiable risc factors in a retrospective cohort of patients that have undergone fast-track cardiac surgery, as a part of the on-going patient-centered quality improvement.
The study included 361 patients. Conclusion The incidence of hand paresthesia following cardiac surgery was 10%. This study found an increased occurrence of paresthesia after aortic valve surgery and prolonged aortic cross-clamp duration; these differences were not statistically significant. The impact of arterial line placement and patient positioning as a risk factor remains unclear. The majority of patients with paresthesia were overweight and had pre-existing comorbidity, with 11% reporting preoperative paresthesia. The clinical course of hand paresthesia following cardiac surgery was predominantly transient and not severe.
66 studies on the registry are indexed under Paresthesia; 14 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 361 is above the median of 110 across 12 observational studies indexed under Paresthesia.
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Patients accepted for elective cardiac surgery, where peri-operative data have been entered in to the on-going quality databse SafeBrain (data protection journal number P-2020-27, Department of Healthcare law and dataprotection 1141, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen east, Denmark).
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients that had no registration of post-operative paresthesia in hand or lower arm after cardiac surgery
Other: Heart surgery
Patients that had one o more registrations of post-operative paresthesia in hand or lower arm after cardiac surgery
Other: Heart surgery
Adult cardiac surgery
Incidence of paresthesia in hand or lower arm after cardiac surgery
The number of patients with paresthesia in hand or lower arm after cardiac surgery, compared to total number of patients operated in the time period
Time frame: January 2022 - december 2023
Risk factors for development og paresthesia in hand or lower arm after cardiac surgery
Analysis of the variables collected to identify possible risk factors for development og paresthesia in hand or lower arm after cardiac surgery
Time frame: January 2022 - december 2023
The clinical course of paresthesia in hand or lower arm after cardiac surgery
Qualitative description of the clinical course for paresthesia in hand or lower arm after cardiac surgery
Time frame: January 2022 - december 2023
Plan to share: No
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