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Study evaluates cold application as a therapy to avoid pain and bruising at the site of Heparin Subcutaneous Injection

Study evaluates cold application as a therapy to avoid pain and bruising at the site of Heparin Subcutaneous Injection Study evaluates cold application as a therapy to avoid pain and bruising at the site of Heparin Subcutaneous Injection
Study evaluates cold application as a therapy to avoid pain and bruising at the site of Heparin Subcutaneous Injection Study evaluates cold application as a therapy to avoid pain and bruising at the site of Heparin Subcutaneous Injection

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Clinicians may use the cold application to avoid complications of heparin administration at the subcutaneous injection site. 

Cold application can be used for all hospitalized and outpatients to avoid pain, bruising and hematomas after receiving heparin injections.

This study was performed to estimate the effect of cold application at the site of heparin subcutaneous injection. In this study, RCTs (randomized controlled trials) were selected that had participants who received heparin through subcutaneous injections at least one time in a day. The results were measured on the basis of pain intensity, hematoma and bruising at injection sites.

This study includes nine studies, in which 896 patients (mean age of 37 to 62 years) were considered. The results showed that in eight studies, low-molecular-weight heparin was used and in one study, unfractionated heparin had been used. 


The conclusion of studies revealed that the patients had suffered less pain after the cold application at the site of heparin injection. Therefore, it is concluded that patients suffer few hematomas and less pain once the cold is applied at the site of injection before or after heparin administration subcutaneously.

Source:

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Article:

Effect of Cold Application on Bruising and Pain Following Heparin Subcutaneous Injection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Authors:

Mina Mohammady et al.

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