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Journal of The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 1995;6(2): 269-273. |
| CLINICAL EVALUATION OF CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION WITH 348 CASES |
| Yong Bae Kim1, Nam Soo Cho1, Gyung Joon Lim2 |
1Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Kwangju, Korea
2Department of Anesthesiolod, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Kwangju, Korea |
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Published online: December 31, 1995. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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To evaluate clinical trends, central venous catheterizat1on of 348 in total performed at the Chosun University Hospital from January 1993 through December 1994 were analyzed clinically & statistically according to sex, age, department, used veins and complications. The results are as follows :
1) Considering sexual distribution, male patients were 61.2% and female patients were 38.8%.
2) According to age categories, fourth decade of life was most frequent.
3) According to departmental distribution, general surgery was 38.5 %, chest surgery was 21.0% and orthopedic surgery was 12.9%.
4) Subclavian vein used most-frequently (74.1%), and femoral vein accounted for 14.9%, external jugular vein 7.5% internal jugular vein 3.4%.
5) Complications associated with subclavian vein catheterization using infraclavicular approach occupied 15.1% (39 cases) of total subclavian vein catheterization(258 cases), and among these complications pneumothorax occupied 43.6%, subcutaneous hematoma 28.2%, local infection 15.4%.
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| Key words:
Central venous catheterization, Clinically analyzed |
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