Femoral vs internal jugular insertion: short‐term catheterization: Catheter‐related infectious complications ‐ Catheter colonization
Femoral showed no clear difference in catheter‐related infectious complications ‐ Catheter colonization compared with internal jugular insertion: short‐term catheterization (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Femoral vs internal jugular insertion: short‐term catheterization Catheter‐related infectious complications ‐ Catheter colonization · critically ill patients who were expected to require support with renal replacement therapy Femoral showed no clear difference in catheter‐related infectious complications ‐ Catheter colonization compared with internal jugular insertion: short‐term catheterization (moderate certainty). Central venous access sites for the prevention of venous thrombosis, stenosis and infection (2012) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.04 [0.8, 1.36] | 1 study · 637 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central venous access sites for the prevention of venous thrombosis, stenosis and infection 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.