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Post angiography care focuses on monitoring the arterial access site, maintaining hemodynamic stability, preventing complications, and ensuring safe recovery.
NCLEX-PN
NCLEX-PN
Post-angiography care focuses on monitoring the arterial access site, maintaining hemodynamic stability, preventing complications, and ensuring safe recovery. After catheter and sheath removal from the femoral or radial artery, hemostasis must be achieved through manual compression, mechanical compression devices, or vascular closure devices. The arterial puncture site in the common femoral artery (CFA) is located just below the inguinal ligament. Proper puncture into the CFA (not the superficial femoral artery or external iliac) is essential for safe closure and complication prevention. Complications at the access site include hematoma (most common, occurs in 5-10%), pseudoaneurysm (0.5-2%, contained arterial rupture), arteriovenous fistula (0.5%, abnormal connection between artery and vein), retroperitoneal hemorrhage (0.5%, life-threatening bleed into the retroperitoneal space), and arterial occlusion (0.1-0.5%, thrombosis or dissection causing limb ischemia). The practical nurse performs systematic post-procedure assessments, including vital signs, access site evaluation, and neurovascular checks of the affected extremity, at prescribed intervals to detect complications early.
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