"There are no clear benefits associated with either bed rest or fluid supplementation. It is not current practice for patients to be kept in hospital strictly for bed rest and so this review would not result in the freeing up of beds but there may be cash savings from the reduced use of intravenous fluids."
Bed rest and posture for preventing post-dural puncture headache
The Cochrane Collaboration
September 2014
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QIPP (Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention) aims to help NHS organisations deliver higher quality care and operate more efficiently and effectively. The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust has set up a programme to implement QIPP across the trust. This blog, delivered by the RFH Medical Library, will highlight latest papers about QIPP to support the Trust as they carry out this work.
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