Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Alcohol/BAC | Alcohol/OCT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVC | EC | CVC | EC | |
| Number of patients | 29 | 30 | 25 | 26 |
| Catheter insertion sites | 26/0/3 | 16/10/4 | 23/1/1 | 10/14/2 |
| (CVC: jugular vein/subclavian vein/no specification) | ||||
| (EC: thoracical/lumbal/no specification) | ||||
| Age (mean) | 67.4 | 66.47 | 66.8 | 66,69 |
| Sex (f/m) | 12/17 | 14/16 | 15/10 | 11/15 |
| BMI (mean) | 25.2 | 26.15 | 27 | 27.7 |
| Diabetes (y/n/not specified) | 7/18/4 | 6/21/3 | 6/16/3 | 9/16/1 |
| ASA-classification (I/II/III/IV/ not specified) | 0/2/13/1/3 | 1/15/12/1/1 | 0/10/11/3/1 | 0/12/14/0/0 |
| Allergy of any type (y/n/not specified) | 4/21/4 | 6/23/1 | 6/18/1 | 7/19/0 |
| Nicotine abuse (y/n/not specified) | 9/16/4 | 12/17/1 | 5/18/2 | 3/21/2 |
| Corticoid therapy (y/n/not specified) | 3/22/4 | 0/30/0 | 3/22/0 | 1/24/1 |
| Max. CRP (mean) | 19 | 12.15 | 14.42 | 9.3 |
| Max. white blood cells (mean) | 10.6 | 12 | 13.01 | 9.35 |
| Redness after treatment | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Swelling after treatment | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |