Lateral decubitus position vs sitting position: Successful lumbar puncture procedure at the first attempt, with < 10000 red blood cells/mm3№ of participants: 1249(2 RCTs)
Lateral decubitus position showed no clear difference in successful lumbar puncture procedure at the first attempt, with <… compared with sitting position (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Lateral decubitus position vs sitting position Successful lumbar puncture procedure at the first attempt, with < 10000 red blood cells/mm3№ of participants: 1249(2 RCTs) · lumbar puncture in newborn infants Lateral decubitus position showed no clear difference in successful lumbar puncture procedure at the first attempt, with <… compared with sitting position (moderate certainty). Positioning for lumbar puncture in newborn infants (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.99 [0.88, 1.12] | Not reported | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positioning for lumbar puncture in newborn infants 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.