Paresthesia in Hand and Antebrachium Following CardiacSurgery: Incidence, Risk Factors and Clinical Course

Recruiting

• Conditions: Complication,Postoperative; Paresthesia; Upper Limb Nerve Lesion; Peri-operative Injury
• Interventions: Other: Heart surgery

• Registration Number: NCT06088823
• Lead Sponsor: Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Brief Summary

To describe the incidence and severity of Paresthesia in Hand and Antebrachium in patients that have undergone CardiacSurgery.

Detailed Description

Some patients report tingling and/or numbness in hand and/or antebrachium after cardiac surgery, but potential risc factors and clinical course are not well described, and the incidence or severity is not known. Many factors may impact on the development of these complaints: age, BMI, pre-operative neurological deficits, diabetes, type, technique and duration of cardiac surgery, positioning of arms and hands during surgery, placement of the arterial line, time-to-extubation and post-operative positioning during this period.

The investigators aim to describe incidence and clinical course of these complaints and possibly identify modifiable risc factors in a retrospective cohort of patients that have undergone fast-track cardiac surgery, as a part of the on-going patient-centered quality improvement.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2023-10
• Study Start: 2023-10-06
• Study First Submitted: 2023-10-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-10-12
• Study First Posted: 2023-10-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-10-18
• Last Update Posted: 2023-10-23
• Primary Completion: 2024-01-01
• Study Completion: 2024-01-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 600

Inclusion Criteria

• adult patients
• cardiac surgery in the period from january 2022 to december 2023
• perioperative data entered into the quality database SafeBrain

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
No paresthesia	Heart surgery	Patients that had no registration of post-operative paresthesia in hand or lower arm after cardiac surgery
Paresthesia	Heart surgery	Patients that had one o more registrations of post-operative paresthesia in hand or lower arm after cardiac surgery

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Incidence of paresthesia in hand or lower arm after cardiac surgery	January 2022 - december 2023	The number of patients with paresthesia in hand or lower arm after cardiac surgery, compared to total number of patients operated in the time period

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Risk factors for development og paresthesia in hand or lower arm after cardiac surgery	January 2022 - december 2023	Analysis of the variables collected to identify possible risk factors for development og paresthesia in hand or lower arm after cardiac surgery
The clinical course of paresthesia in hand or lower arm after cardiac surgery	January 2022 - december 2023	Qualitative description of the clinical course for paresthesia in hand or lower arm after cardiac surgery

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Vibeke Renee Lind Jørgensen; 🇩🇰 København Ø, Denmark