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Table 1 Characteristics of the trials

From: Comparison between the long-axis in-plane and short-axis out-of-plane approaches for ultrasound-guided arterial cannulation: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Author/year

Country

Patients

Artery

No. of patients(M/F)

Operators

Cannula

Age(S/L)

Weight(S/L)

Abdalla et al. 2017 [17]

Egypt

adult

RA

S:42

L:42

Expert operators

ND

S: 55 ± 11

L: 59 ± 9

(84 ± 32)/(84 ± 31)(kg)

Abdelbaser et al. 2022 [18]

Egypt

Neonates/ infants

FA

S:41(20/21)

L:41(20/21)

Pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist

24-G

S: 127.6 ± 37.9(d)

L: 135.4 ± 36.5(d)

ND

Arora et al. 2020 [19]

Oman

adult

RA

S:42

L:42

Eperienced anaesthesiologist

20-G

S: 54.1 ± 17.17

L: 56.69 ± 14.82

BMI:(26.89 ± 4.22)/(26.98 ± 4.17)

Berk et al. 2013 [14]

Turkey

adult

RA

S:54(23/31)

L:54(30/24)

Two staff anesthetists (more than 50 arterial lines)

20-G

S: 56 ± 1

L: 54 ± 2

(78 ± 18)/(76 ± 16)(kg)

Boran et al. 2020 [20]

Turkey

newborns

FA

S:34(14/20)

L:31(16/15)

Clinician with approximately 20 years of experience

24-G

S: 17.2 ± 7.4(d)

L: 17.16 ± 7.04(d)

(3.18 ± 0.9)/(3.13 ± 0.85)(kg)

Cao et al. 2021 [21]

China

adult

RA

S:70(32/38)

L:63(34/29)

Anaesthesia residents

22-G

S: 50 ± 12

L: 52 ± 10

BMI:(25 ± 4)/(25 ± 4)

Nam et al. 2020 [22]

Korea

adult

RA

S:70(43/27)

L:66(36/30)

Single operator (more than 100cases of RA cannulation per year)

20-G

S: 64.3 ± 13

L: 63.6 ± 13.3

(64.3 ± 14.9)/(63.2 ± 12.2)(kg)

Quan et al. 2014 [15]

China

adult

RA

S:81(59/22)

L:82(64/18)

The same experienced anaesthesiologist

ND

S: 49.2 ± 8.1

L: 46.1 ± 7.9

(76.4 ± 12.2)/(72.1 ± 10.5)(kg)

Rajasekar et al. 2022 [23]

India

adult

RA

S:30(20/10)

L:30(20/10)

The same experienced anaesthesiologist

20G

ND

ND

Sethi et al. 2016 [24]

India

adult

RA

S:75(46/29)

L:75(41/34)

Two anesthetists (more than 100 arterial lines)

20-G

S: 59.5 ± 8.2

L: 57.7 ± 7.6

(62.8 ± 11.6)/(64.6 ± 12.2)(kg)

Song et al. 2016 [25]

Korea

infants/children

RA

S:50(37/13)

L:51(35/16)

Two paediatric anaesthesiologists (more than 20 arterial cannulations and 200 central venous catheterisations)

24-G

Infants

S: 5.6 ± 3.7(m)

L: 4.3 ± 3.0(m)

Children

S: 3.4 ± 2.8(y)

L: 3.3 ± 1.2(y)

Infants

(7.4 ± 2.1)/(6.8 ± 2.3)

Children

(14.4 ± 3.3)/(14.8 ± 3.9)

Wang et al. 2022 [26]

China

adult

RA

S:65(16/49)

L:66(15/51)

Four anaesthesiologists (more than 160 arterial cannulations)

22-G

S:67.5 ± 17.8

L:67.5 ± 13.8

BMI:(21.9 ± 3.5)/(22.2 ± 3.5)

Yu et al. 2022 [27]

China

children

RA

S:40(25/15)

L:40(21/19)

The same experienced anesthetists (more than 100 arterial cannulations)

24- or 22-G

S:2.7 ± 0.7

L:2.7 ± 0.9

(13.1 ± 1.9)/(13.7 ± 2.2)(kg)

  1. RA Radial artery, FA Femoral artery, S Short-axis out-of-plane, L Long-axis in-plane, ND Not describe, BMI Body mass index