A nurse-inserted peripherally inserted central catheter program in general pediatrics: a single-center experience

BMC Pediatrics

Table 3 Risk factors for PICC-complications in pediatric cases identified by logistic regression

Risk factors	B	Wald	P-value	Odds Ratio [95%]
Model 1^a
Age (month, continuous)	−0.013	8.114	0.004	0.987[0.978, 0.996]
Procedure time (minute, continuous)	0.002	0.199	0.655	1.002[0.993, 1.012]
Puncture number
One	−0.284	0.345	0.557	0.753[0.293, 1.939]
Two	0.3	0.271	0.603	1.350[0.436, 4.183]
Three or more	Reference	.	.	.
Model 2^b
Catheter diameter
1.9 Fr	1.37	8.632	0.003	3.936[1.578, 9.818]
3.0 Fr	0.867	2.236	0.135	2.380[0.764, 7.417]
4.0 Fr	Reference	.	.	.
Procedure time (minute, continuous)	0.002	0.221	0.638	1.002[0.993, 1.012]
Puncture attempts
One	−0.267	0.297	0.586	0.765[0.293, 2.001]
Two	0.413	0.496	0.481	1.511[0.479, 4.766]
Three or more	Reference	.	.	.

^aModel 1 variables included age, procedure time, and puncture attempts
^bModel 2 variables included catheter diameter, procedure time, and puncture attempts

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