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%)