The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of conducting a study of central venous catheter-associated thrombosis in children using PEDSnet data.
Aim 1. Identify patients with evidence of CVC placement based on procedure or device data.
– Stratify cohort according to those with evidence/time of placement or not.
– Categorize CVC as implanted port, percutaneous CVC, or PICC.
– Categorize as temporary versus tunnelled percutaneous CVCs (when possible).
– Provide counts of persons by calendar year stratified by age category (0 – <2, 2 - <6, 6 - <12, 12 - <18), administrative sex, and administrative race/ethnicity. Also explore 0-6 months; 0-1 month
Aim 2. Estimate dwell time for CVCs based on evidence of catheter removal or replacement (when available).
- For each class of CVC noted above, provide mean, median, range, and IQR of dwell time for catheters having both placement and removal/replacement events.
- Particularly interested in < vs. > 6 months.
Aim 3. Examine common diagnoses within 30 days of insertion and stratify prior results by whether there was a venous thromboembolism at removal.