Does obesity prevent the needle from reaching muscle in intramuscular injections?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 552-556

  Zaybak, Ayten ^a   Güneş, Ülkü Yapucu ^a   Tamsel, Sadik ^a   Khorshid, Leyla ^a   Eşer, Ismet ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Empirical research report; Intramuscular injection; Needle length; Nursing; Obesity; Subcutaneous tissue; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BUTTOCK; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BUTTOCKS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; OBESITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TURKEY;

EID: 34249739664     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04264.x     Document Type: Article

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