Ice Bag, TR Band, and Air Compression Effects on Radial Line Removal Outcomes in Open Heart Surgery: A Clinical Trial

This study will be designed as a randomized control trial (RCT). A randomized controlled trial (RCT) is a research method that encompasses prospective, comparative, quantitative, genuine experimental, and post-test-only control group designs. This type of design will conduct under controlled conditions which allows the researcher to assigned interventions randomly to different groups in order to minimize bias and understand the best cause-and-effect relationship between independent variables (Ice-bag pressure, TR radial band compression device-screw type, and TR radial band compression device-air type) and dependent variables (early complication; bleeding severity, hematoma formation, and patient comfort), as well as this study will utilize the effect of an ice-bag pressure, TR radial band compression device-screw type, and TR radial band compression device-air type as interventions to measure their effectiveness in the reducing of early complication; bleeding severity, hematoma formation, and patient comfort following to radial arterial line removal after open heart surgery and which intervention is more effective. Each individual participating in this study will have an equal chance of being assigned to either the experimental or control group.

Setting:

The research will be carried out at the Ibn Al-Bitar center for cardiac surgery, which has five rooms dedicated to open heart surgery, twelve beds for the postoperative cardiac intensive care unit (CICU), and four beds for the high dependency unit (HDU). Additionally, the Iraqi center for heart disease will be used, which has three rooms for open heart surgery, five beds for post-operative cardiac intensive care unit (CICU), and three beds for high dependency unit (HDU). Situated in the Baghdad governorate, this is a government-operated specialized facility dedicated to open heart surgery and cardiac catheterization. The facilities consistently carry out surgical procedures on approximately 3 cases per day, 15 cases per week, 60 cases per month, and over 720 cases per year, along with emergency operations following a predetermined schedule. This allows for reliable evaluation of the administrative feasibility and availability of the study population.

Inclusion criteria

• Inclusion criteria:

Eligible male and female patients who are willing to participate and will have their radial artery lines removed after open heart surgery will be chosen based on specific inclusion criteria. The requirements are as follows: the patient must be at least eighteen years old, orientated, free of visual or auditory impairments, able to communicate orally in Arabic, having a radial intervention which include the insertion of a single arterial line in the radial region, and not taken analgesics for a minimum of three hours.

Exclusion criteria

• Exclusion criteria:

The study's exclusion criteria include patients who are unable to communicate due to visual impairment or hearing impairment, as effective communication is essential for data gathering; patients with cognitive disorders; patients experiencing hemodynamic instability, as the implementation of the program necessitates patient compliance; patients with bleeding and hematoma in the radial artery region before arterial line removal; patients with clotting factor disorders; patients with arterial line cutdown; and patients with a documented history of radial disease.