title: Two versus six hours of bed rest following left-sided cardiac catheterization and a meta-analysis of early ambulation trials.
abstract: The present study and associated meta-analysis shows that 6 hours of bed rest after outpatient cardiac catheterization offers no advantage over 2 hours of bed rest with respect to groin bleeding complications. The occasional bleeding observed occurred shortly after ambulation rather than after discharge.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Associates of Northern Wisconsin, Wausau, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Logemann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Luetmer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaliebe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Murdock
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001510:Bed Rest; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires