RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER RELATED THROMBOSIS IN PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY PATIENTS: SINGLE CENTER STUDY

CVC related thrombosis is a common complication that occur in children with cancer. There are many possible sequelae as phlebitis,  pulmonary embolism and treatment consequences as intracerebral, intraabdominal bleeding and more. Patients are affected by LMWH administration and sometimes their oncologic treatment has to be postponed due to hemorrhagic complication folowing LMWH treatment. That may have significant impact for catheter selection considering risk of thrombosis. We reviewed all CVCs of all our treated patients over a five-year period