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Table 1 Population characteristics

From: Indwelling time of peripherally inserted central catheters and incidence of bloodstream infections in haematology patients: a cohort study

Patient characteristics

 

Number of patients

351

Age, median (IQR)

58 (50–63)

Gender, male (%)

223 (64)

PICC characteristics

 

Number of episodes

455

Hematologic condition, n (%)

 

Multiple myeloma

122 (27)

Acute myeloid leukaemia

118 (26)

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

103 (23)

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

46 (10)

Myelodysplastic syndrome

15 (3)

Hodgkin lymphoma

11 (2)

Aplastic anaemia

10 (2)

Chronic myeloid leukaemia

8 (2)

Chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia

7 (2)

Myeloproliferative neoplasms

6 (1)

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

5 (1)

Othera

4 (1)

SCT, n (%)

220 (48)

Autologous

164 (75)

Allogeneic

56 (25)

Chemotherapy

219 (48)

Supportive care

16 (4)

Duration of placement in minutes, median (IQR)b

30 (30–45)

Repositioning after placement, n (%)*

126 (28)

Insertion in right arm, n (%)

367 (81)

Number of lumens, n (%)

 

Single lumen

53 (12)

Double lumen

368 (81)

Triple lumen

34 (8)

PICC line rank, n (%)

 

First

343 (75)

Second

89 (20)

Third or more

23 (5)

Catheter days, median (range)

26 (21-57)

Total parenteral nutrition, n (%)

52 (11)

Duration in days, median (range)

9.5 (6–19)

  1. IQR, interquartile range; SCT, stem cell transplantation
  2. *20 episodes had missing data
  3. aBlastic Plasmocytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm (n = 2), Systemic sclerosis (n = 1) and Hairy Cell Leukaemia (n = 1)
  4. b9 episodes had missing data
  5. cχ2 not significant