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

Table 4 Analysis of the inserted catheter areas according to the services where the patients were hospitalized

Hospital services	Catheter area inserted						Total, n (%)
	R jugular, n (%)	L jugular, n (%)	R subclavian, n (%)	L subclavian, n (%)	R femoral, n (%)	L femoral, n (%)
Emergency department	94 (15.9)	27 (17.5)	12 (17.6)	14 (15.9)	10 (13.0)	10 (15.6)	167 (16)
Infectious diseases service	11 (1.9)	2 (1.3)	1 (1.5)	1 (1.1)	3 (3.9)	4 (6.3)	22 (2.1)
General internal medicine service	173 (29.3)	45 (29.2)	5 (7.4)	1 (1.1)	9 (11.7)	8 (12.5)	241 (23.1)
Nephrology service	99 (16.8)	21 (13.6)	0	3 (3.4)	7 (9.1)	5 (7.8)	135 (13)
Gastroenterology service	29 (4.9)	7 (4.5)	0	0	0	2 (3.1)	38 (3.6)
Intensive care unit	40 (6.8)	10 (6.5)	13 (19.1)	17 (19.3)	31 (40.3)	20 (31.3)	131 (12.6)
Cardiology service	12 (2.0)	3 (1.9)	1 (1.5)	2 (2.3)	1 (1.3)	1 (1.6)	20 (1.9)
Brain surgery service	24 (4.1)	7 (4.5)	5 (7.4)	7 (8.0)	2 (2.6)	3 (4.7)	48 (4.6)
Thoracic surgery service	4 (0.7)	4 (2.6)	6 (8.8)	13 (14.8)	4 (5.2)	2 (3.1)	33 (3.2)
Chest diseases service	18 (3.0)	7 (4.5)	0	1 (1.1)	1 (1.3)	1 (1.6)	28 (2.7)
General surgery service	46 (7.8)	3 (1.9)	8 (11.8)	9 (10.2)	7 (9.1)	4 (6.3)	77 (7.4)
Cardiovascular surgery service	10 (1.7)	0	7 (10.3)	10 (11.4)	1 (1.3)	1 (1.6)	29 (2.8)
Orthopedics and traumatology service	10 (1.7)	13 (8.4)	10 (14.7)	6 (6.8)	0	2 (3.1)	41 (3.9)
Plastic and reconstructive surgery service	4 (0.7)	2 (1.3)	0	4 (4.5)	0	1 (1.6)	11 (1.1)
Neurology service	17 (2.9)	3 (1.9)	0	0	1 (1.3)	0	21 (2.0)
Total	591 (100)	154 (100)	68 (100)	88 (100)	77 (100)	64 (100)	1042 (100)

L: Left; R: Right.