Central Venous Catheter Insertion: A Scoring System for Evaluation of Both the Procedure and the Operator (CVCI Score/Gaber Score)

Table 7

Comparison between landmark and ultrasound in SV group (B) according to complications.

Complications		Landmark SV (n = 100)		Ultrasound SV (n = 100)		χ^2
		No.	%	No.	%
Arterial puncture		6	6.0	1	1.0	3.701	0.118
Hematoma		5	5.0	1	1.0	2.749	0.212
Hemothorax		0	0.0	0	0.0	–	–
Pneumothorax		6	6.0	1	1.0	3.701	0.118
Overall complications		15	15.0	2	2.0	10.865

FE: Fisher Exact for Chi square test. ^∗: Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05.