Early mobilisation after coronary angiography to reduce back pain

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Early mobilisation after coronary angiography to reduce back pain

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BACKGROUND Coronary heart disease accounts for over 25,000 inpatient admissions and nearly 4,000 day-case admissions in New Zealand per year (Hay, 2004). Cardiac catheterization, via the femoral artery, is a common procedure undertaken to assess for and treat coronary heart disease (Chair, Li and Wong, 2004; Chandrasekar et al., 2001; Wang, Redeker, Moreyra & Diamond, 2001). After the procedure, the patient remains on bed rest (mainly supine with the affected leg straight) for at least a furt...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2012

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Burn, Kelly

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https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6532

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coronary heart disease / cardiac catheterisation / angiography / angiogram / back pain / mobilisation / ambulation / safety / systematic review / meta-analysis / Health sciences / Nursing / Biomedical and clinical sciences / Cardiovascular medicine and haematology / Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)

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