Table 3.

Cannula and drug related characteristics of pediatric patients at Debre Birhan City public hospitals, Ethiopia, 2025 (N = 584)

Variable	Categories			Status				Total (%)
				Event		Censored
				Freq	%	Freq	%	Freq		%
Site of cannula insertion	Upper limb			109	18.7	319	54.6	428		73.3
	Lower limb			86	14.7	34	5.8	120		20.5
	Scalp			14	2.4	22	3.8	36		6.2
Side of cannulation	Right side			89	15.2	142	24.3	231		39.6
	Left side			120	20.5	233	39.9	353		60.4
Cannula size	Small (24&26)			154	26.4	356	61.0	510		87.3
	Large (20&22)			55	9.4	19	3.3	74		12.7
Plaster used for dressing	Non-transparent			208	35.6	368	63.0	576		98.6
	Transparent			1	0.2	7	1.0	8		1.4
Total number of trials	Two and less			129	22.1	270	46.2	399		68.3
	Above two			80	13.7	105	18.0	185		31.7
Cannula dressing condition	Appropriate			100	17.1	263	45.0	363		62.2
	Not appropriate			109	18.7	112	19.2	221		37.8
IV board use	Yes			29	5.0	95	16.3	124		21.2
	No			180	30.8	280	47.9	460		78.8
Type of infusion	Continuous			88	21.9	257	63.9	345		85.8
	Intermittent			4	1.0	1	0.2	5		1.2
	Bolus			42	10.4	10	2.5	52		12.9
Administration method	Gravitational			187	32.0	253	43.3	440		75.3
	IV pump			19	3.3	83	14.2	102		17.5
	IV push			3	0.5	39	6.7	42		7.2
Medication	Yes	Antibiotics		153	26.2	290	49.7	443	75.9
		Steroid		30	5.1	24	4.1	54	9.2
		Others*		4	0.7	20	3.4	24	4.1
	No			22	3.8	41	7.0	63		10.8
Blood given	Yes, is via same Iv		Yes	56	9.6	31	5.3	87		14.9
			No	4	0.7	5	0.8	9		1.5
	No			149	25.5	339	58.0	488		83.6

Others*=antiepileptics, diazepam, pethidine