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Table 4 Patients with impaired neutrophil/platelet count who underwent ultrasound guided internal jugular vein catheterization

From: Ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization in cancer patients improves the success rate of cannulation and reduces mechanical complications: A prospective observational study of 1,978 consecutive catheterizations

Patients with neutropenia 254 of 1660

Patients with low platelet count 116 of 1660

N. Patients

% of patients

N. neutrophil/mm3

N. Patients

% of patients

N. Platelet/mm3

254

15.3%

<1,500

116

6.99

<50

132

7.95

<500

70

4.22

<20

88

5.3

<100

38

2.29

<10