Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia
Systemic Heparinization After Neuraxial Anesthesia in Vascular Surgery: A Retrospective Analysis
Authors' conclusion
The vast majority of vascular surgery patients at the authors' center received heparin within 1 hour of NA.
Study context
- Population
- Vascular surgery patients receiving neuraxial anesthesia before systemic heparinization, single academic center, April 2012–April 2022311 reviewed
- Participants
- 127 patients
- Exposure
- Femoral-femoral bypass vs femoral-popliteal bypass vs EVAR
- Femoral-femoral bypassn = 5
- Femoral-popliteal bypassn = 67
- EVARn = 55
- Outcome
- Time interval between neuraxial anesthesia and systemic heparinization
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Time between NA and heparin administration
Time between NA and heparin administration
Heparin after 1 hour of NA femoral-femoral bypass 20% · femoral-popliteal bypass 27% · EVAR 3.9%
- Average time between neuraxial anesthesia (NA) and heparin administration, all patients (minutes)
- 42.8 ± 22.1
- Patients receiving heparin within 1 hour of NA
- 83.7%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Safety
Spinal hematoma
- No spinal hematoma (SHs) reported during the study period
Original publication
Systemic Heparinization After Neuraxial Anesthesia in Vascular Surgery: A Retrospective Analysis. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 18 December 2022. doi:10.
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