Intramuscular injections into the buttocks: Are they truly intramuscular?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 480-484

  Chan, V O ^a   Colville, J ^a   Persaud, T ^a   Buckley, O ^a   Hamilton, S ^a   Torreggiani, W C ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Computerised tomography; CT; Injections; Obesity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; MUSCLE; PATIENT MONITORING;

BODY MASS INDEX (BMI); INJECTIONS; OBESITY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RADIOLOGIST; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; BODY MASS INDEX; BUTTOCKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646596976     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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