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Abstract
Background
Central venous access devices, including peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) and central venous catheters (CVCs), are common treatment measures in burn patients. However, how to choose between PICCs and CVCs remains unclear. This study compared the clinical outcomes of CVCs and PICCs in burn patients.
Methods
This retrospective cohort study was performed in a major burn center in southwest China with 1500 burn patients admitted per year. All the burn patients receiving PICCs or CVCs were included. Catheter-related venous thrombosis (CRT), catheter-related infection (CRI), and infection profiles were analyzed.
Results
A total of 642 CVCs and 111 PICCs in 255 burn patients were included. The incidence of CRT in CVCs and PICCs were similar (CVCs: 4.7 % vs. PICCs: 5.4 %, p = 0.738). CVCs had higher incidence of catheter colonization (CVCs: 39.9 %, 42.4 per 1000 catheter-days vs. PICCs: 7.2 %, 2.86 per 1000 catheter-days, p < 0.001) and of catheter-related blood stream infection (CRBSI) (CVCs: 14.5 %, 15.43 per 1000 catheter-days vs. PICCs: 0.9 %, 0.36 per 1000 catheter-days, p < 0.001). Subgroup analyses stratified by total burn area, age, Baux score, pulmonary infection, shock, total parenteral nutrition, in-bed days, and operation times confirmed PICCs had similar CRT rate and lower CRI rate. CVCs were predominantly colonized by A. baumannii (32 %), P. aeruginosa (19.2 %) and S. aureus (18.3 %), and PICCs were mainly colonized by P. aeruginosa (40 %) and S. aureus (30 %). 77 % of colonizing bacteria of CVCs were multiple-drug resistant (MDR), and 80 % of colonizing bacteria of PICCs were MDR. There were no significant differences in CRIs among CVCs through femoral, internal jugular and subclavian veins. Internal jugular CVCs had significantly higher CRT rate than did femoral CVCs (10.0 % vs. 3.9 %, p = 0.021).
Conclusion
PICCs had a lower risk of catheter-related infection and a similar rate of catheter-related thrombosis than CVCs, particularly femoral CVCs. Multicenter randomized clinical trials are needed to validate these findings in the future.
期刊介绍:
Burns aims to foster the exchange of information among all engaged in preventing and treating the effects of burns. The journal focuses on clinical, scientific and social aspects of these injuries and covers the prevention of the injury, the epidemiology of such injuries and all aspects of treatment including development of new techniques and technologies and verification of existing ones. Regular features include clinical and scientific papers, state of the art reviews and descriptions of burn-care in practice.
Topics covered by Burns include: the effects of smoke on man and animals, their tissues and cells; the responses to and treatment of patients and animals with chemical injuries to the skin; the biological and clinical effects of cold injuries; surgical techniques which are, or may be relevant to the treatment of burned patients during the acute or reconstructive phase following injury; well controlled laboratory studies of the effectiveness of anti-microbial agents on infection and new materials on scarring and healing; inflammatory responses to injury, effectiveness of related agents and other compounds used to modify the physiological and cellular responses to the injury; experimental studies of burns and the outcome of burn wound healing; regenerative medicine concerning the skin.