Table 2.
Association of catheter tip position with complications
| Variable | Tip position |
OR (CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central, n (%) | Noncentral, n (%) | ||
| Overall complications | |||
| Absent | 64 (76.19) | 7 (43.75) | 4.1142 (1.3585-12.4595) |
| Present | 20 (23.81) | 9 (56.25) | |
| Occlusion | |||
| Absent | 79 (94.05) | 11 (68.75) | 7.1818 (1.787-28.8581) |
| Present | 5 (5.95) | 5 (31.25) | |
| Phlebitis | |||
| Absent | 75 (89.29) | 14 (87.50) | 1.1905 (0.2320-6.1064) |
| Present | 9 (10.71) | 2 (12.50) | |
| Leakage | |||
| Absent | 84 (97.67) | 16 (100) | 1.0242 (0.04699-22.3271) |
| Present | 2 (2.33) | 0 | |
| Mechanical complications | |||
| Absent | 82 (97.62) | 15 (93.75) | 2.7333 (0.2329-32.08122) |
| Present | 2 (2.38) | 1 (6.25) | |
| Infections | |||
| Absent | 82 (97.62) | 15 (93.75) | 2.7333 (0.2329-32.08122) |
| Present | 2 (2.38) | 1 (6.25) | |
OR: Odds ratio, CI: Confidence interval