Table 1.
Criteria for judging phlebitis based on Ray R. Maddox phlebitis grading scale [17] with minor modifications*.
Table 2.
Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients, N = 573 patients.
Table 3.
Frequency of quality breaches observed at least once during dwelling time in 815 PVCs.
Table 4.
Incidence of PVCAEs according to class and type occurring during entire follow-up a, N = 815 PVCs (1964 PVC-days).
Fig 1.
Kaplan-Meier estimates of time to first PVC-related adverse event occurrence per event class.
Legend: Kaplan-Meier estimates took into account only PVCs with at least one adverse event in order to compare time according event class, including those occurred during post-removal follow-up. The blue line represents the 50% mark and the yellow line the recommended delay for routine removal of PVCs. PVC: Peripheral venous catheter; PVCAEs: PVC-related adverse events. Note: Mechanical PVCAEs could occur only during indwell only.
Table 5.
Incidence of at least one PVCAE according to patient characteristics in univariate analysis, n = 815 PVCs.
Table 6.
Incidence of at least one PVCAE according to practice-mirroring variables in univariate analysis, n = 815 PVCs.
Table 7.
Risk factors of PVCAEs according to age groups a, in multivariate analysis.