Cirugía pediátrica : organo oficial de la Sociedad Española de Cirugía Pediátrica
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Comparative Study
[Subcutaneously inserted central intravascular devices in the pediatric oncology patient: can we minimize their infection].
Long-term indwelling central venous access devices are frequently used in pediatric patients. Their main complication is infection, that can even mean their removal. We try to identify the risk factors really involved in this complication and in their removal. ⋯ Related to early infection the only associateon founded was with the subclavian access (p=0.018). In conclusion, in our serie long-term central venous access infection was more frequent in the younger patients and also in those who had received chemotherapy the week before the catheter implantation. The tendency towards infection in leukemia, transplanted and subclavian carriers has to be studied in a prospective way with a larger number of oncologic children.