Fig. A1.1. Funnel plot of the publication bias of the overall catheterization success analysis
Fig. A1.1. Funnel plot of the publication bias of the overall catheterization success analysis
Fig. A1.2. Funnel plot of the publication bias of the catheterization success analysis on the first attempt
Fig. A1.3. Funnel plot of the publication bias of the complexity development analysis
| Reliability assessment | Number of patients | Effect | Result | Importance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number of studies | study design | risk of bias | inconsistency | indirection | inaccuracy | other | US | AL | relative (95% CI) |
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| First Attempt Success (CV) | |||||||||||
| 10 | RCT | Expressed | NE | NE | NE | No | 614/763 (80.5 %) |
378/702 (53.8 %) |
RR 1.52 (1.18–1.95) |
⚪ ⚪ ⚫ ⚫ Low |
Unimportant |
| Overall Success (CV) | |||||||||||
| 11 | RCT | Expressed | NE | NE | NE | No | 792/830 (95.4 %) |
665/771 (86.3 %) |
RR 1.11 (1.03–1.20) |
⚪ ⚪ ⚫ ⚫ Low |
Unimportant |
| Complications (CV) | |||||||||||
| 10 | RCT | NE | NE | NE | Expressed | No | 51/786 (6.5 %) |
165/730 (22.6 %) |
RR 0.3 (0.23–0.41) |
⚪ ⚪ ⚪ ⚫ Moderate |
Important |
| Pneumothorax (CV) | |||||||||||
| 9 | RCT | NE | NE | NE | NE | No | 0/604 (0.00 %) |
7/542 (1.29 %) |
RR 0.19 (0.04–0.84) |
⚪ ⚪ ⚪ ⚪ High |
Important |
| Arterial puncture (CV) | |||||||||||
| 10 | RCT | NE | NE | NE | NE | No | 26/715 (3.64 %) |
105/722 (14.5 %) |
RR 0.26 (0.18–0.40) |
⚪ ⚪ ⚪ ⚫ Moderate |
Important |
| Hematoma (CV) | |||||||||||
| 10 | RCT | Expressed | NE | NE | NE | No | 12/714 (1.68 %) |
47/713 (6.59 %) |
OR 0.30 (0.17–0.52) |
⚪ ⚪ ⚪ ⚫ Moderate |
Important |
| Overall Success (PV) | |||||||||||
| 5 | RCT | Expressed | Expressed | NE | NE | No | 873/1019 (85.7 %) |
745/994 (74.9 %) |
OR 1.22 (1.09–1.35) |
⚪ ⚪ ⚫ ⚫ Low |
Unimportant |