Needle length for immunization of early adolescents as determined by ultrasound

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 667-672

  Koster, Michael Philip ^a,b,d   Stellato, Nancy ^a   Kohn, Nina ^c   Rubin, Lorry G ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Northwell Health   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Immunizations; Ultrasound; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INJECTION SITE; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEEDLES; NEW YORK; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VACCINES;

EID: 67749086413     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1127     Document Type: Article

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