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Incidence and Acute Complications of Asymptomatic Central Venous Catheter–Related Deep Venous Thrombosis in Critically Ill Children

Edward Vincent S. Faustino, MD, Philip C. Spinella, MD, Simon Li, MD, Matthew G. Pinto, MD, Petronella Stoltz, APRN, Joana Tala, MD, Mary Elizabeth Card, BS, Veronika Northrup, MPH, Kenneth E. Baker, MD, T. Rob Goodman, MBBChir, Lei Chen, MD, Cicero T. Silva, MD J Paediatrics, 2012, Published online ahead of print

Comment

This paper opens the lid on a hidden threat to paediatric ICU patients with central venous catheters.


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Previous Comments

100 children. 1000 CVC days. I'm only surprised there were so few DVTs. There's a lower shoulder in the event-time graph (or shelf in the Kaplan-Meier event freedom graph) for any indwelling device and I'm pretty sure it's before 10 days for CVCs.
Lewis-10 Sep, 2012 02:34:01 PM

Hi Lewis - I don't understand what you mean. Are you saying that you think the events are likely or unlikely before 10 days
Catie-10 Sep, 2012 04:37:18 PM