Comparison of success rates in performing lumbar puncture and reduction of its anxiety and pain between standard sitting and lateral decubitus positions in 1 to 5-year-old children
نویسندگان
1 Pediatric Neurologist, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Children Growth Disorder Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
2 Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
3 Subspecialty in pediatric infectious disease, Assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, Children Growth Disorder Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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چکیده
Background: Lumbar puncture (LP) is a worth procedure in diagnosis of oncological diseases and intrathecal administration of antineoplastic drugs. The effort should be to minimize pain of LP in children with cancers. This clinical trial was done to compare success rates in performing LP and reducing anxiety and pain of LP ...
