The appropriateness of the length of insulin needles based on determination of skin and subcutaneous fat thickness in the abdomen and upper arm in patients with type 2 diabetes

Diabetes and Metabolism Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 120-133

  Sim, Kang Hee ^a   Hwang, Moon Sook ^b   Kim, Sun Young ^a   Lee, Hye Mi ^a   Chang, Ji Yeun ^c   Lee, Moon Kyu ^d  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Woosuk University   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Insulin; Needles; Skin; Subcutaneous fat; Thickness

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN NEEDLE LENGTH; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KOREAN (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT THICKNESS; SYRINGE NEEDLE; UPPER ARM;

EID: 84901496282     PISSN: 22336079     EISSN: 22336087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4093/dmj.2014.38.2.120     Document Type: Article

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