Xie 2003.

Methods	Allocation: Randomized, random number table. Blinding: No further details. Duration (mean ( SD), d): Subclavian group 13.2 (3.4), Femoral group 5.5 (2.1).
Participants	Diagnosis: Adult patients registered in ICU. N= 171. Age (mean , y ): 47.8. Sex: F 49, M 122. Setting: ICU of Southwest Hospital, Chongqin, China.
Interventions	Subclavian insertion (n=57). Femoral insertion (n=57). Peripherally inserted central catheter (n=57).
Outcomes	Catheter‐related infectious complications: Exit site infection, Catheter colonization, CRBSI. Mechanical complications.
Notes	The number of CRBSI was higher than the number of catheter colonization, which was unexpected and strange, and we are contacting authors for further details.