A retrospective clinical audit of 696 central venous catheterizations at a tertiary care teaching hospital in India

Background: Malpositions after central venous cannulation are frequently encountered and may need a change in catheter. The incidence of malpositions are varied according to various studies and depend on the experience of the operator performing the cannulation. Aim: To access the incidence of malpo...

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Main Authors: Sanjay Agrawal, Yashwant S Payal, Jagdish P Sharma
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Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
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Online Access:http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2012;volume=5;issue=4;spage=304;epage=308;aulast=Agrawal
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Yashwant S Payal
Jagdish P Sharma
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description Background: Malpositions after central venous cannulation are frequently encountered and may need a change in catheter. The incidence of malpositions are varied according to various studies and depend on the experience of the operator performing the cannulation. Aim: To access the incidence of malpositions and related complications associated with landmark-guided central venous cannulation in a 15-bedded medical surgical ICU over a period of three years. Settings and Design: Retrospective analysis of records of all the central venous cannulation done in a 15- bedded medical- surgical ICU over the period of three years (April 2008 to June 2011) were evaluated for the site and side of insertion, number of attempts of puncture, arterial puncture as well as the malpositions on post procedural chest X-ray. The records were also evaluated for the experience of the operator performing cannulation and relationship between experience of operator to malpositions of catheter. Statistical Analysis: Analysis was done using SPSS v 17.0 for Windows. Chi-square test was applied to evaluate the statistical significance. P > 0.05 was significant. Results: Records of 696 cannulations were evaluated. Malpositions occurred in 40 patients. Subclavian vein cannulation resulted in increased malpositions in relation to internal jugular vein cannulation. More common with left sided cannulation. Experience of operator had positive correlation with malpositions and arterial puncture. Arterial puncture was common in 6%, while more than one attempt for cannulation was taken in 100 patients. Conclusion: Incidence of malpositions was low. We conclude that experience of operator improves successful catheterization with lesser number of complications.
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spelling doaj.art-b2e0863aae9a4f28b461963dc661cead2022-12-21T21:52:29ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock0974-27002012-01-015430430810.4103/0974-2700.102369A retrospective clinical audit of 696 central venous catheterizations at a tertiary care teaching hospital in IndiaSanjay AgrawalYashwant S PayalJagdish P SharmaBackground: Malpositions after central venous cannulation are frequently encountered and may need a change in catheter. The incidence of malpositions are varied according to various studies and depend on the experience of the operator performing the cannulation. Aim: To access the incidence of malpositions and related complications associated with landmark-guided central venous cannulation in a 15-bedded medical surgical ICU over a period of three years. Settings and Design: Retrospective analysis of records of all the central venous cannulation done in a 15- bedded medical- surgical ICU over the period of three years (April 2008 to June 2011) were evaluated for the site and side of insertion, number of attempts of puncture, arterial puncture as well as the malpositions on post procedural chest X-ray. The records were also evaluated for the experience of the operator performing cannulation and relationship between experience of operator to malpositions of catheter. Statistical Analysis: Analysis was done using SPSS v 17.0 for Windows. Chi-square test was applied to evaluate the statistical significance. P > 0.05 was significant. Results: Records of 696 cannulations were evaluated. Malpositions occurred in 40 patients. Subclavian vein cannulation resulted in increased malpositions in relation to internal jugular vein cannulation. More common with left sided cannulation. Experience of operator had positive correlation with malpositions and arterial puncture. Arterial puncture was common in 6%, while more than one attempt for cannulation was taken in 100 patients. Conclusion: Incidence of malpositions was low. We conclude that experience of operator improves successful catheterization with lesser number of complications.http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2012;volume=5;issue=4;spage=304;epage=308;aulast=AgrawalArterial puncturecentral venous accesscentral venous cathetercomplications-malpositions
spellingShingle Sanjay Agrawal
Yashwant S Payal
Jagdish P Sharma
A retrospective clinical audit of 696 central venous catheterizations at a tertiary care teaching hospital in India
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
Arterial puncture
central venous access
central venous catheter
complications-malpositions
title A retrospective clinical audit of 696 central venous catheterizations at a tertiary care teaching hospital in India
title_full A retrospective clinical audit of 696 central venous catheterizations at a tertiary care teaching hospital in India
title_fullStr A retrospective clinical audit of 696 central venous catheterizations at a tertiary care teaching hospital in India
title_full_unstemmed A retrospective clinical audit of 696 central venous catheterizations at a tertiary care teaching hospital in India
title_short A retrospective clinical audit of 696 central venous catheterizations at a tertiary care teaching hospital in India
title_sort retrospective clinical audit of 696 central venous catheterizations at a tertiary care teaching hospital in india
topic Arterial puncture
central venous access
central venous catheter
complications-malpositions
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