Vascular access modalities in a pediatric intensive care unit in tertiary hospital indications and outcomes: a single-center cross-sectional study

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Table 6 Relation between reason of removal and type of access

Reason of removal	Peripheral line		CVC		P value
Reason of removal	n	%	n	%	P value
Prevention of infection	42	19.2%	9	7.9%	0.0013*
Expendable	9	4.1%	0	0.0%	0.0286*
Due to complication(s)	77	35.2%	26	22.8%	0.0246*
Discharge of patient	91	41.6%	79	69.3%	< 0.001*

P value > 0.05, non-significant (NS); P value < 0.05, significant (S); P value < 0.01, highly significant (HS)
^*Chi-square test