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The incidence of infectious complications of central venous catheters at the subclavian, internal jugular, and femoral sites in an intensive care unit population
Deshpande KS, Hatem C, Ulrich HL, et al.  The incidence of infectious complications of central venous catheters at the subclavian, internal jugular, and femoral sites in an intensive care unit population.  Critical Care Medicine.  2005;33(1):13-20.

Selection of site placement for central venous catheters does not lead to increased rate of infection when confounding factors are controlled.



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