Skin to Intramuscular Compartment Thigh Measurement by Ultrasound in Pediatric Population

Skin to Intramuscular Compartment Thigh Measurement by Ultrasound in Pediatric Population

Introduction: Pediatric obesity threatens the efficacy of medications given intramuscularly. In anaphylactic patients, epinephrine auto-injector needle lengths are potentially too short to reach the muscle compartment in patients with elevated body habitus. The objective of the study was to deter...

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Main Authors: Myto Duong, Albert Botchway, Jonathan dela Cruz, Richard Austin, Kevin McDaniel, Cassie Jaeger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2017-04-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
childhood obesity
auto-injector
needle length
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6x97k710

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