Table 1 Characteristics of the 26 children with CLABSI during the study period
Age (months), median [IQR] | 11.5 [4–37] |
|---|---|
Gender, n (%) | |
- Male | 10 (38.5) |
- Female | 16 (61.5) |
Underlying disease, n (%) | |
- Medical | 15 (57.7) |
- Oncological | 6 (23.1) |
- Surgical | 4 (15.4) |
- Neonatological | 1 (3.8) |
Catheter type, n (%)a | |
- Port-a-Cath | 2 (6.9) |
- PICC | 3 (10.4) |
- Short term | 11 (37.9) |
- Broviac | 13 (44.8) |
Catheter days, median [IQR] | 13 [4–20] |
Ward, n (%)a | |
- ICU | 9 (31) |
- NICU | 4 (13.8) |
- Medical wards | 9 (31) |
- Oncology | 4 (13.8) |
- Neurology and Neurosurgery | 1 (3.5) |
- Surgery | 2 (6.9) |
Treatment, n (%)a | |
- Yes | 24 (82.8) |
- No | 2 (6.9) |
- Unknown | 3 (10.3) |