Table 2.

Summary of central venous catheter removal (n = 2943, 23,582 CVC days).

Event	Episodes	Proportion of CVCs (%)	95% CI	Incidence rate per 1000 CVC days	95% CI
CVC removal, total	1151	42.95	40.53–45.42	48.80	46.05–51.65
Treatment completion	832	31.04	29.03–33.12	35.28	32.89–37.78
Non-CVC-related death	98	3.66	2.97–4.43	4.16	3.38–5.06
Routine replacement	42	1.57	1.13–2.10	1.78	1.28–2.40
Patient request	13	0.48	0.26–0.83	0.55	0.29–0.94
Unplanned CVC removal	153	5.71	4.84–6.68	6.49	5.50–7.61
Other	13	0.49	0.26–0.83	0.55	0.29–0.94

Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval, CVC = central venous catheter.