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. 2003 Dec 30;8(1):46–53. doi: 10.1186/cc2428

Table 1.

Numbers of patients classified by site of central venous cannula and infectious complication

Infectious complication
Central line site None Exit Site Bacteraemia/Septicaemia Total
Internal jugular 686 152 96 934
Subclavian 451 35 38 524
Femoral 168 58 22 248
Total 1305 245 156 1706