Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the patients and arterial catheters
From: Arterial catheter-related infection of 2,949 catheters
Arterial catheter site | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radial (n = 2,088) | Brachial (n = 112) | Dorsalis pedis (n = 131) | Femoral (n = 618) | P value | |
Age (years) (mean ± standard deviation) | 56.75 ± 17.1 | 57.87 ± 16.8 | 58.20 ± 17.2 | 56.74 ± 17.2 | 0.72 |
Sex (female) (n (%)) | 876 (42.0) | 58 (51.8) | 51 (38.9) | 251 (40.6) | 0.14 |
Diabetes mellitus (n (%)) | 695 (33.3) | 32 (28.6) | 49 (37.4) | 199 (32.2) | 0.49 |
APACHE II score (mean ± standard deviation) | 13.83 ± 5.0 | 14.03 ± 5.2 | 13.55 ± 4.8 | 13.83 ± 5.0 | 0.90 |
Diagnosis group (n (%)) | |||||
Coronary artery bypass grafting | 589 (28.2) | 24 (21.4) | 26 (19.8) | 42 (6.8) | <0.001 |
Valve surgery | 456 (21.8) | 20 (17.9) | 20 (15.3) | 46 (7.4) | <0.001 |
Mixed surgery (coronary and valve) | 66 (3.2) | 3 (2.7) | 4 (3.1) | 4 (0.6) | 0.007 |
Other cardiac surgeries | 11 (0.5) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.2) | 0.56 |
Cardiac | 199 (9.5) | 16 (14.3) | 19 (14.5) | 114 (18.4) | <0.001 |
Respiratory | 175 (8.4) | 11 (9.8) | 15 (11.5) | 88 (14.2) | <0.001 |
Digestive | 48 (2.3) | 3 (2.7) | 4 (3.1) | 34 (5.5) | <0.001 |
Neurological | 240 (11.5) | 15 (13.4) | 19 (14.5) | 123 (19.9) | <0.001 |
Traumatology | 266 (12.7) | 17 (15.2) | 20 (15.3) | 139 (22.5) | <0.001 |
Intoxication | 38 (1.8) | 2 (1.8) | 3 (2.3) | 27 (4.4) | 0.004 |
Total duration of ICU stay (days) (median (interquartile range)) | 3 (3) | 9 (8) | 9 (9) | 10 (10) | <0.001 |
Order of catheter insertion (n (%)) | |||||
First | 1464 (70.1) | 34 (30.4) | 25 (19.1) | 152 (24.6) | <0.001 |
Second | 422 (20.2) | 56 (50.0) | 75 (57.3) | 306 (49.5) | <0.001 |
Third | 142 (6.8) | 18 (16.1) | 23 (17.6) | 124 (20.0) | <0.001 |
Fourth | 50 (2.4) | 4 (3.6) | 8 (6.1) | 31 (5.0) | 0.002 |
Fifth | 10 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (0.8) | 0.49 |
Total duration with the index catheter (days) (mean ± standard deviation) | 5.75 ± 2.2 | 5.79 ± 2.2 | 5.75 ± 2.2 | 5.90 ± 2.1 | 0.46 |