Optimal intramuscular needle-penetration depth

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Lippert, William C ^a   Wall, Eric J ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh; Deltoid; Intramuscular injection; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJECTION SITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THIGH; VACCINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEEDLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VACCINATION;

EID: 51649104985     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0374     Document Type: Article

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