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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the included patients (N = 261)

From: Cannulation via the external jugular vein——An alternative to conventional peripherally inserted central catheterisation for paediatric patients

Characteristic

 

Male sex, n (%)

169 (64.80)

Age in mouths, n (%)

 

 1–12

 13–60

 61–120

 121–204

54 (20.69)

81 (31.03)

85 (32.57)

41 (15.71)

Weight in kg, Median (IQR)

16.75 (12.40, 23.57)

Height in cm, Median (IQR) (n = 237)

113 (91, 130)

Diagnoses, n (%)

 

 Leukaemia

 Pulmonary infection

 Hemophagocytic syndrome

 Severe pneumonia

 Graft-versus-host disease

 Othersa

146 (55.94)

15 (5.75)

7 (2.68)

6 (2.30)

6 (2.30)

81 (31.03)

  1. a Diagnoses numbering no more than six cases were categorised into this group