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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of the patients with or without catheter dislodgement

From: Dislodgement of port-A catheters in pediatric oncology patients: 11 years of experience

 

Without

With

P value

dislodgement

dislodgement

 

(N = 322)

(N = 8)

 

Age at insertion (months)

90.2 ± 3.5

82.4 ± 12.5

0.565

Sex (number) (M:F)a

189 : 133

3 : 5

0.402

Duration of use (months)

33.9 ± 1.2

32.1 ± 5.0

0.818

Diagnosis

  

0.089

    ALL

152

2

 

    AML

28

2

 

    Lymphoma

37

1

 

    Brain tumor

24

0

 

    Soft tissue sarcoma

15

2

 

    Other

66

1

 

Port-A brand

  

0.006b

    Vortex

134

1

 

    Bard

151

3

 

    Arrow

16

3

 

    Other

21

1

 

Laterality (R:L)a

248:74

6:2

1

Vein inserted

   

    Internal jugular

241

4

0.286

    External jugular

29

1

 

    Subclavian

48

3

 

    Other

4

0

 

Operator

  

0.843

    A

181

4

 

    B

122

4

 

    C

14

0

 

    D

5

0

 
  1. ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; AML, acute myelogeneous leukemia; F, female; L, left; M, male; R, right.
  2. a Sex and laterality are expressed as ratios, other parameters are expressed as means ± standard error of the mean.
  3. b Arrow to Vortex: P = 0.006.