Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
We performed this study to determine if percutaneous central lines (PCLs) were associated with infection more often than peripherally placed intravenous catheters (PIVs).
STUDY DESIGN:
We conducted a retrospective, cohort study of 53 infants with PCLs inserted from March 1993 to February 1995 for evidence of catheter-related bloodstream infection and 97 cohorts with PIVs who were matched to the infants with PCLs by admission date and birth weight. We considered an infant to have catheter-related bloodstream infection if bacteremia occurred while the PCL or PIV was in place with no other identifiable infection focus. Statistical analyses were performed by using either Student’s t test or the Mann-Whitney U test where appropriate.
RESULTS:
There were eight infections per 1000 catheter days of PCL use and nine infections per 1000 catheter days of PIV use.
CONCLUSION:
PCLs do not become infected more often than PIVs.
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Parellada, J., Moïse, A., Hegemier, S. et al. Percutaneous Central Catheters and Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Have Similar Infection Rates in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. J Perinatol 19, 251–254 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7200182
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