Is bed rest useful after diagnostic lumbar puncture?

作者：D. Spriggs, David John Burn, J. M. French, N.E.F. Cartlidge, D. Bates · 发表于：Postgraduate Medical Journal · 年份：1992 · DOI：10.1136/pgmj.68.801.581 · 被引用次数：44 · 研究领域：Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation、Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology、Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications

A randomized study of 110 patients undergoing their first diagnostic lumbar puncture was performed to compare the effect of immediate mobilization with 4 hours bed rest on the incidence of post lumbar puncture headache. There was no difference between the mobile (n = 54) and bed rest (n = 56) groups in the incidence of post lumbar puncture headache (32% versus 31%, respectively). We conclude that bed rest following lumbar puncture may be an unnecessary imposition on the patient, as well as on nursing staff.