Research Article
The Incidence of Peripheral Catheter-Related Thrombosis in Surgical Patients
Table 1
Characteristics of the participants.
| Variable | Result |
| Age (years), median (IQR) | 73 (69–79.25) | Gender, (%) female | 21 (38.9%) | Ethnicity, (%) | | Caucasian | 53 (98.1%) | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | 1 (1.98%) | Anticoagulation, (%) | 25 (46.3%) | Haemaglobin, median (IQR) | 130 (121.75–142.25) | Platelets, median (IQR) | 226 (177–316.5) | INR, median (IQR) | 1.1 (1.0–1.1) | Catheter size, (%) | | 18 G | 48 (88.9%) | 20 G | 3 (5.6%) | 22 G | 3 (5.6%) | Time of catheterization in days, median (IQR) | 3.83 (2–5) | Location of peripheral catheter, (%) | | Dorsum hand | 17 (31.5%) | Wrist | 6 (11.1%) | Forearm | 10 (18.5%) | Cubital fossa | 21 (38.9%) | Resited peripheral catheters, (%) | 52 (96.3%) | Number of attempts at catheterization, mean (SD) | 1 (0.79) | BMI, (%) | 17 (31.5%) | Diabetes, (%) | 15 (27.8%) | Malignancy, (%) | 20 (37%) | Metastatic disease, (%) | 3 (5.6%) | Recent surgery, (%) | 40 (74.1%) |
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