Publications by authors named "Dawn Leese"
Background: The authors report the results of a prospective, multicenter, multidisciplinary study of central venous catheters (CVCs) in pediatric oncology patients analyzing factors involved in early failure.
Methods: Information was collected from parent-held records on the fate of 824 devices inserted over a 20-month period, 415 of which were no longer in situ.
Results: Within the first 7 weeks after insertion, there were 66 failures, all occurring in external lines.