Infection Rates of Broviac-Hickman Catheters and Implantable Venous Devices
| Autor: | Joseph Feldman, Karen Halom, Lorry G. Rubin, Carol L. Wurzel |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
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Cardiac Catheterization medicine.medical_specialty Resuscitation Infections Catheterization Catheters Indwelling Patient age Neoplasms Sepsis Catheterization Peripheral medicine Pediatric oncology Humans Prospective Studies Child Retrospective Studies business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Infant Confidence interval Surgery Catheter Child Preschool Relative risk Anesthesia Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female business Complication |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 142:536 |
| ISSN: | 1072-4710 |
| DOI: | 10.1001/archpedi.1988.02150050074036 |
| Popis: | • We retrospectively identified and prospectively followed up 62 patients with 78 venous-access catheters over a 30-month period (15 773 catheter-days) to compare infectious complications of Broviac-Hickman catheters (n=33) and totally implantable venous devices (n=45) in pediatric oncology patients. Demographic data and characteristics of catheter use were comparable for both groups. Significantly associated with the risk of a catheter-associated infection were (1) the percentage of time the patient was neutropenic and (2) a patient age of younger than 2 years. In the Broviac-Hickman catheter group, 14 catheter-associated infections occurred in 27% of patients using catheters for an infection rate of 0.21/100 catheter-days. In the implantable venous device group, 13 infections occurred in 24% of patients using catheters for an infection rate of 0.14/100 catheter-days. The relative risk of infection from Broviac-Hickman catheters compared with implantable venous devices was 1.5, which was not significant (95% confidence interval, 0.7 to 3.2). Thus, the incidence of infectious complications was comparable for both catheter types. (AJDC1988;142:536-540) |
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