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. |