Table II.
Procedural details
| Total procedures | 272 |
| Mean procedures/patient (range) | 2.2 (1–7) |
| % Patients with >2 procedures (n) | 14 (38) |
| % Patients undergoing 2 simultaneous procedures (n) | 17 (45) |
| Time of procedure, % (n) | |
| Day (6 am–6 pm) | 45 (118) |
| Night (6 pm–6 am) | 55 (143) |
| Patient location at time of procedure, % (n) | |
| non-ICU | 3 (8) |
| ICU | 97 (264) |
| % Arterial catheter (n) | 50 (135) |
| Location, % (n) | |
| Radial | 92 (124) |
| Femoral | 6 (8) |
| Axillary | 2 (3) |
| Complications, % (n) | |
| Vascular Injury | 0 (0) |
| Line Infection | 0 (0) |
| Line Thrombosis | 22 (29) |
| % Central venous catheter (n) | 39 (107) |
| Location, % (n) | |
| Internal jugular | 55 (59) |
| Subclavian | 37 (40) |
| Femoral | 8 (8) |
| Complications, % (n) | |
| Pneumothorax | 0.9 (1) |
| Vascular injury | 0.9 (1) |
| Line infection∗ | 0 (0) |
| Line thrombosis | 7 (7) |
| % Hemodialysis catheter (n) | 9 (25) |
| Location, % (n) | |
| Internal jugular | 60 (15) |
| Femoral | 40 (10) |
| Complications, % (n) | |
| Pneumothorax | 0 (0) |
| Vascular injury | 0 (0) |
| Line infection | 0 (0) |
| Line thrombosis | 4 (1) |
| % Chest tubes (n) | 2 (4) |
ICU, intensive care unit.
∗
The 2 positive catheter tip cultures were attributed to contamination because neither patient had a blood stream infection as evidenced by negative blood cultures.