Thrombosis as a complication of central venous access in pediatric patients with malignancies: a 5-year single-center experience
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Thrombosis as a complication of central venous access in pediatric patients with malignancies: a 5-year single-center experience. / Wiegering, Verena; Schmid, Sophie; Andres, Oliver; Wirth, Clemens; Wiegering, Armin; Meyer, Thomas; Winkler, Beate; Schlegel, Paul G; Eyrich, Matthias.
In: BMC hematology, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2014, p. 18.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Thrombosis as a complication of central venous access in pediatric patients with malignancies: a 5-year single-center experience
AU - Wiegering, Verena
AU - Schmid, Sophie
AU - Andres, Oliver
AU - Wirth, Clemens
AU - Wiegering, Armin
AU - Meyer, Thomas
AU - Winkler, Beate
AU - Schlegel, Paul G
AU - Eyrich, Matthias
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - BACKGROUND: Reliable central venous access (CVC) is essential for hematology-oncology patients since frequent puncture of peripheral veins-e.g., for chemotherapy, antibiotic administration, repeated blood sampling, and monitoring-can cause unacceptable pain and psychological trauma, as well as severe side effects in cases of extravasation of chemotherapy drugs. However, CVC lines still carry major risk factors, including thrombosis, infection (e.g., entry site, tunnel, and luminal infections), and catheter dislocation, leakage, or breakage.METHODS: Here we performed a retrospective database analysis to determine the incidence of CVC-associated thrombosis in a single-center cohort of 448 pediatric oncologic patients, and to analyze whether any subgroup of patients was at increased risk and thus might benefit from prophylactic anticoagulation.RESULTS: Of the 448 patients, 269 consecutive patients received a CVC, and 55 of these 269 patients (20%) also had a thrombosis. Of these 55 patients, 43 had at least one CVC-associated thrombosis (total number of CVC-associated thrombosis: n = 52). Among all patients, the median duration of CVC exposure was 464 days. Regarding exposure time, no significant difference was found between patients with and without CVC-associated thrombosis. Subclavia catheters and advanced tumor stages seem to be the main risk factors for the development of CVC-associated thrombosis, whereas pharmacologic prophylaxis did not seem to have a relevant impact on the rate of thrombosis.CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that pediatric surgeons and oncologists should pay close attention to ensuring optimal and accurate CVC placement, as this appears the most effective tool to minimize CVC-associated complications.
AB - BACKGROUND: Reliable central venous access (CVC) is essential for hematology-oncology patients since frequent puncture of peripheral veins-e.g., for chemotherapy, antibiotic administration, repeated blood sampling, and monitoring-can cause unacceptable pain and psychological trauma, as well as severe side effects in cases of extravasation of chemotherapy drugs. However, CVC lines still carry major risk factors, including thrombosis, infection (e.g., entry site, tunnel, and luminal infections), and catheter dislocation, leakage, or breakage.METHODS: Here we performed a retrospective database analysis to determine the incidence of CVC-associated thrombosis in a single-center cohort of 448 pediatric oncologic patients, and to analyze whether any subgroup of patients was at increased risk and thus might benefit from prophylactic anticoagulation.RESULTS: Of the 448 patients, 269 consecutive patients received a CVC, and 55 of these 269 patients (20%) also had a thrombosis. Of these 55 patients, 43 had at least one CVC-associated thrombosis (total number of CVC-associated thrombosis: n = 52). Among all patients, the median duration of CVC exposure was 464 days. Regarding exposure time, no significant difference was found between patients with and without CVC-associated thrombosis. Subclavia catheters and advanced tumor stages seem to be the main risk factors for the development of CVC-associated thrombosis, whereas pharmacologic prophylaxis did not seem to have a relevant impact on the rate of thrombosis.CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that pediatric surgeons and oncologists should pay close attention to ensuring optimal and accurate CVC placement, as this appears the most effective tool to minimize CVC-associated complications.
U2 - 10.1186/2052-1839-14-18
DO - 10.1186/2052-1839-14-18
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 25317335
VL - 14
SP - 18
IS - 1
ER -