Overall complications · adults undergoing peripheral venous cannulation classed as easya
Ultrasound guidance showed no clear difference in overall complications compared with landmark method (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale) · adults undergoing peripheral venous cannulation classed as difficulta
1 finding from 1 review
Procedure time for first‐pass cannulation (seconds) · adults undergoing peripheral venous cannulation classed as difficulta
1 finding from 1 review
Number of cannulation attempts · adults undergoing peripheral venous cannulation classed as difficulta
1 finding from 1 review
Patient satisfaction NRS from 0 to 10 or 4‐step Likert scale The higher the score, the higher the level of satisfaction · adults undergoing peripheral venous cannulation classed as difficulta
1 finding from 1 review
Overall complications · adults undergoing peripheral venous cannulation classed as difficulta
Ultrasound guidance showed no clear difference in overall complications compared with landmark method (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
First‐pass success of cannulation · adults undergoing peripheral venous cannulation classed as moderately difficulta
Ultrasound guidance probably leads to higher first‐pass success of cannulation compared with landmark method (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Overall success of cannulation · adults undergoing peripheral venous cannulation classed as moderately difficulta
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Complication rate total · patients with internal jugular vein cannulation for central vein catheterization
It is very uncertain whether ultrasound guidance changes complication rate total compared with anatomical landmarks (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Overall success rate · patients with internal jugular vein cannulation for central vein catheterization
It is very uncertain whether ultrasound guidance changes overall success rate compared with anatomical landmarks (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of attempts until success · patients with internal jugular vein cannulation for central vein catheterization
1 finding from 1 review
Arterial puncture · patients with internal jugular vein cannulation for central vein catheterization
Ultrasound guidance may leads to lower arterial puncture compared with anatomical landmarks (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Other complications (thrombosis, embolism, haematomediastinum and hydromediastinum, haematothorax and hydrothorax, pneumothorax, subcutaneous emphysema, nerve injury) · patients with internal jugular vein cannulation for central vein catheterization
Ultrasound guidance probably leads to lower other complications (thrombosis, embolism, haematomediastinum and… compared with anatomical landmarks (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to successful cannulation · patients with internal jugular vein cannulation for central vein catheterization
1 finding from 1 review
First‐attempt success rate · patients with internal jugular vein cannulation for central vein catheterization
Ultrasound guidance probably leads to higher success with attempt number 1Â compared with anatomical landmarks (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Other complications (thrombosis, embolism, haematomediastinum and hydromediastinum, haematothorax and hydrothorax, pneumothorax, subcutaneous emphysema, nerve injury) · patients with femoral vein cannulation for central vein catheterization
Ultrasound guidance showed no clear difference in other complications (thrombosis, embolism, haematomediastinum and… compared with anatomical landmarks (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
First‐attempt success rate · patients with femoral vein cannulation for central vein catheterization
Ultrasound guidance leads to higher success with attempt number 1 compared with anatomical landmarks (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Overall success rate · patients with femoral vein cannulation for central vein catheterization
Ultrasound guidance showed no clear difference in overall success rate compared with anatomical landmarks (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Arterial puncture · patients with femoral vein cannulation for central vein catheterization
Ultrasound guidance showed no clear difference in arterial puncture compared with anatomical landmarks (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
First‐attempt success rate · adults requiring radial artery catheterisation
[Radial] B‐mode ultrasound guidance may leads to higher first‐attempt success rate compared with palpation and landmarks (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review