Continuous Heparin Infusion to Prevent Catheter-related Thrombosis

"For infants without thrombosis at enrollment, heparin 1 U/kg/h/line for term infants was used and 0.5 U/kg/h/line for preterm infants. The speed of infusion was 0.5ml/h.~For infants with thrombosis at enrollment, heparin 10-15 U/kg/h for term infants was used with a target activated partial thromboplastin time 60-70s. Other interventions were at the clinical team's discretion under the local protocol."

For infants enrolled, normal saline was infused at the corresponding speed.