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ArticleCureus2020

Safety and Cost-Savings of Same-Day Discharge Trans-Radial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Trinidad and Tobago.

Richard Ramsingh, Dale Maharaj, Gianni Angelini, Risshi D Rampersad

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Richard RamsinghCardiovascular Disease, Caribbean Heart Care Medcorp, Port-of-Spain, TTO.
Dale MaharajVascular Surgery, Caribbean Vascular & Vein Clinic, Port-of-Spain, TTO.
Gianni AngeliniCardiac Surgery, Bristol Heart Institute, Bristol University, Bristol, GBR.
Risshi D RampersadCardiology, Caribbean Heart Care Medcorp, Port-of-Spain, TTO.
NIHR Bristol Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit · GBUniversity of the Southern Caribbean · TT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSame-day discharge percutaneous coronary interventions (SDD-PCI) may be quite impactful on healthcare burden for small island developing states (SIDS) such as Trinidad and Tobago.

methodsFrom June 2012 to November 2014, 11 patients underwent SDD trans-radial PCI and followed up at one-month and three months. Data was retrospectively reviewed from a prospectively entered unit-maintained cardiology database. Baseline patient characteristics, in-hospital expenditure, and complications were assessed. Descriptive statistical analysis was performed in Microsoft Excel.

resultsThe mean age at SDD-PCI was 50.90±9.96 and nine were male. Nine patients were of East Indian Caribbean ethnicity. Six were diabetic and five were hypertensive. Procedural success was 100% with no major early complication or three-months complications; patient satisfaction was achieved with a potential in-hospital savings up to $1480 USD per patient.

conclusionThis SDD approach for elective trans-radial PCI may be safe and cost-effective in properly selected patients and merits a review of relevant policy issues in Trinidad and Tobago.

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developing countrypcisame day dischargesmall island developing statestrans-radialtrinidad and tobago

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PMID32905543
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