Table 3

Details of the cases in which femoral venous catheters were used

Subject	Postnatal age (days)	Weight (g)	Gestational age (weeks)	Length of time catheter in place (days)	Reason for removal and complications
1	13	452	24	1	Blocked
2	20	550	23	2	No longer required, died later
3	2	576	24	8	Line related sepsis, died later
4	12	576	24	3	No longer required, died later
5	3	600	24	7	Line related sepsis, died later
6	13	608	25	1	Blocked
7	22	650	24	13	Line related sepsis
8	75	758	29	15	No longer required, died later
9	46	825	29	29	Venous engorgement, sepsis
10	30	1022	26	5	Blocked
11	84	1569	26	9	Sepsis, died later
12	2	1596	33	5	Died
13	86	1553	25	6	Transient venous engorgement
14	40	1699	28	10	No longer required
15	75	1761	26	5	Blocked, venous engorgement, sepsis
16	58	1800	28	4	No longer required
17	75	1829	29	15	No longer required, died later
18	62	1850	28	7	No longer required
19	8	2000	32	17	Transient venous engorgement
20	7	2190	32	3	Fell out, died later
21	6	2200	37	12	No longer required
22	49	2200	32	13	No longer required
23	1	2330	37	2	No longer required
24	22	2368	34	6	Line related sepsis
25	22	2560	33	15	Transient venous engorgement
26	8	2656	35	9	No longer required
27	3	2800	36	3	Fell out
28	33	2800	37	4	No longer required
29	50	3100	33	18	Transient venous engorgement
30	8	3156	38	4	Blocked
31	3	3168	37	6	No longer required
32	3	3202	37	4	No longer required
33	131	3351	31	10	Infection, died later
34	140	3400	27	5	No longer required
35	2	3400	37	5	Fell out
36	124	3600	26	8	No longer required
37	25	3750	39	9	No longer required
38	29	3840	39	5	No longer required
39	2	3850	40	12	Line related sepsis, died later
40	100	3870	26	12	Local erythema, removed when no longer required
41	32	4300	39	26	No longer required
42	112	6600	33	7	Died