An angled insertion technique using 6-mm needles markedly reduces the risk of intramuscular injections in children and adolescents

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1400-1405

  Hofman, P L ^a   Lawton, S A ^b   Peart, J M ^c   Holt, J A ^a   Jefferies, C A ^a   Robinson, E ^d   Cutfield, W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^c Auckland Radiology Group   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Intramuscular injection; Needle length; Subcutaneous fat thickness

Indexed keywords

INSULIN GLARGINE; ISOPHANE INSULIN;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; RISK REDUCTION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THIGH;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INSULIN; MALE; NEEDLES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 36549053051     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02272.x     Document Type: Article

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