| 1 Total number of additional peripheral intravenous lines per baby in first week of life |
3 |
99 |
Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI) |
‐1.42 [‐1.74, ‐1.10] |
| 2 Total number of additional peripheral intravenous lines per baby in first four weeks of life |
1 |
36 |
Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI) |
‐2.30 [‐6.65, 2.05] |
| 3 Failure of insertion of UVCs (babies having one or more such episodes) |
3 |
126 |
Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI) |
0.79 [0.45, 1.40] |
| 4 Failure to insert the UVC tip in desired position (babies having one or more episodes) |
2 |
63 |
Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI) |
2.12 [0.76, 5.94] |
| 5 Duration of catheter in situ in days |
3 |
99 |
Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI) |
0.06 [‐0.70, 0.83] |
| 6 Catheter malfunction (babies having one or more episodes) |
3 |
99 |
Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI) |
3.69 [0.99, 13.81] |
| 7 Clinical sepsis (babies having one or more episodes) |
2 |
56 |
Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI) |
0.89 [0.29, 2.78] |
| 8 Catheter related blood stream infection (babies having one or more episodes) |
2 |
63 |
Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI) |
0.0 [0.0, 0.0] |
| 9 Catheter associated thrombosis (babies having one or more episodes) |
1 |
20 |
Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI) |
0.0 [0.0, 0.0] |
| 10 Complications related to catheter malposition in heart and great vessels (babies with one or more episodes) |
1 |
37 |
Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI) |
2.09 [0.09, 48.04] |
| 11 Necrotizing enterocolitis |
1 |
36 |
Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI) |
0.24 [0.01, 5.57] |
| 12 All cause early neonatal mortality |
2 |
58 |
Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI) |
0.73 [0.05, 10.78] |
