The Incidence of Peripheral Catheter-Related Thrombosis in Surgical Patients

Table 3

Risk factors.

Risk factor	Number of thromboses	value
Gender (female)	4/21 (19%)	0.193
Ethnicity (Caucasian)	6/53 (11.3%)	1
Diabetes	1/15 (6.66%)	1
Metastatic disease	0/3 (0%)	1
Anticoagulation	3/25 (12%)	1
Elevated WCC	1/8 (12.5%)	1
BMI >30	2/17 (11.76%)	1
Cannula LOS >1		NS
Size of cannula		NS
Cubital fossa	4/21 (19%)	NS
More than 1 attempt	1/12 (8.33%)	NS
Malignancy	3/20 (15%)	0.659
Surgery	4/40 (10%)	0.643