Intramuscular injection: Review and Guidelines

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 835-845

  Lala, Kamlesh R ^b   Lala, Mrudula K ^a  

^a B J MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; VACCINE; VITAMIN;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELTOID MUSCLE; DRUG ABSORPTION; GANGRENE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INJECTION SITE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOFIBROSIS; NEEDLE; NERVE INJURY; NURSE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPHYLAXIS; PUNCTURE; REVIEW; SKIN ABSCESS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGE; THIGH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0141633770     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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