Emergency service results of central venous catheters: Single center, 1042 patients, 10-year experience

Table 1 Basal and laboratory features of the inserted catheters

Catheter area inserted
	All patients, n = 1042, mean ± SD	Jugular, n = 743, mean ± SD	Subclavian, n = 155, mean ± SD	Femoral, n = 144, mean ± SD	P value
Baseline characteristics
Age, yr	60.99 ± 19.85	60.74 ± 20.20	59.66 ± 19.17	63.67 ± 18.57	0.939
Sex, female/male	423/619	339/449	42/112	42/58	0.009
Hospitalization time	11.89 ± 16.38	12.50 ± 16.03	11.00 ± 20.08	9.73 ± 13.39	0.040
Laboratory finding
Biochemistry
BS, mg/dL	139.45 ± 101.56	145.21 ± 112.63	120.35 ± 55.74	130.30 ± 72.49	0.008
BUN, mg/dL	42.77 ± 41.29	51.11 ± 44.40	19.65 ± 13.91	24.58 ± 26.42	0.001
Creatinine, mg/dL	2.62 ± 2.89	3.20 ± 3.14	0.99 ± 0.68	1.37 ± 1.68	0.001
TBIL, mg/dL	0.87 ± 0.84	0.82 ± 0.63	0.80 ± 0.88	1.22 ± 1.43	0.485
AST, mg/dL	37.65 ± 47.22	32.56 ± 25.60	40.04 ± 60.05	61.38 ± 90.77	0.508
ALT, mg/dL	35.81 ± 49.37	30.31 ± 26.18	38.58 ± 67.59	61.21 ± 91.95	0.710
ALP, mg/dL	108.57 ± 64.10	104.95 ± 56.71	104.66 ± 59.33	131.48 ± 93.90	0.569
Na, mmol/L	138.61 ± 5.38	138.68 ± 5.33	138.22 ± 5.07	138.68 ± 5.96	0.125
K, mmol/L	5.00 ± 1.03	5.13 ± 1.10	5.07 ± 0.71	4.79 ± 0.70	0.027
Cl, mmol/L	100.23 ± 6.23	100.18 ± 6.11	100.41 ± 6.95	100.29 ± 6.04	0.778
Amylase	89.98 ± 49.88	87.93 ± 47.66	91.64 ± 53.25	98.78 ± 56.30	0.419
CRP, mg/dL	4.44 ± 8.12	3.53 ± 5.14	4.32 ± 7.65	9.26 ± 15.90	0.925
Hemogram
WBC, × 103/UL	10.57 ± 4.51	10.26 ± 3.59	10.32 ± 4.05	12.49 ± 7.72	0.228
Hb, g/dL	13.77 ± 2.07	13.63 ± 2.12	14.09 ± 1.77	14.16 ± 1.98	0.017
Hct, %	42.17 ± 6.62	42.07 ± 6.78	42.23 ± 5.80	42.62 ± 6.65	0.737
MCV, fL	87.74 ± 6.29	87.71 ± 6.42	87.45 ± 6.18	88.24 ± 5.70	0.927
MCH, pg	29.37 ± 2.36	29.30 ± 2.41	29.48 ± 2.29	29.67 ± 2.20	0.905
MCHC, g/dL	33.25 ± 1.36	33.19 ± 1.37	33.47 ± 1.29	33.29 ± 1.36	0.002
RDW, %	14.69 ± 1.73	14.74 ± 1.79	14.45 ± 1.50	14.66 ± 1.61	0.082
PLT, × 103/µL	248.22 ± 80.14	248.71 ± 76.33	256.88 ± 76.01	236.42 ± 100.38	0.073
MPV, fL	8.48 ± 1.01	8.54 ± 1.03	8.33 ± 1.06	8.34 ± 0.86	0.085

ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase test; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase test; BS: Blood sugar; BUN: Blood urea nitrogen; Cl: Chlorine; CRP: C-reactive protein; Hb: Hemoglobin; Hct: Hematocrit; K: Potassium; MCH: Mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC: Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; MCV: Mean corpuscular volume; MPV: Mean platelet volume; Na: Sodium; PLT: Platelet; RDW: Red cell distribution width; SD: Standard deviation; TBIL: Total bilirubin; WBC: White blood cell.