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Published in final edited form as: Blood Purif. 2012 Oct 24;34(2):138–148. doi: 10.1159/000342129

Table 2.

Catheter size for pediatric patients

Patient size	Catheter size	Site of insertion

Neonate	Dual-lumen 7.0 F	Internal jugular, femoral, or subclavian vein

3–6 kg	Dual-lumen 7.0 F	Internal jugular, femoral, or subclavian vein
3–6 kg	Triple-lumen 7.0 F	Internal jugular, femoral, or subclavian vein

6–30 kg	Dual-lumen 8.0 F	Internal jugular, femoral, or subclavian vein

>15 kg	Dual-lumen 9.0 F	Internal jugular, femoral, or subclavian vein

>30 kg	Dual-lumen 10.0 F	Internal jugular, femoral, or subclavian vein
>30 kg	Dual-lumen 12.0 F	Internal jugular, femoral, or subclavian vein

Table adapted from Goldstein [38]