Gluteal injections in increasingly obese population: Needle length for intramuscular injections

Intramuscular gluteal injections in the increasingly obese population: retrospective study.

AIMS To examine depth of subcutaneous fat at gluteal intramuscular injection sites. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING General hospital. PARTICIPANTS 100 consecutive adults who had computed tomography of the pelvis. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Minimum distance between the surface of the skin and the nearest edge of muscle at intramuscular injection sites. RESULTS 12 patients had a ventrogl...

Paralytic drop foot and gluteal fibrosis after intramuscular injections.

Eight children with paralytic drop foot after intramuscular injections later developed gluteal fibrosis. Sciatic palsy, presenting as equinovarus or equinus deformity, was diagnosed on average 3.8 months after the intragluteal injections, but gluteal fibrosis was not diagnosed until 5.1 years after the injections. In three patients the equinovarus recurred after surgical correction due to persi...

Quinine Sulphate for Intramuscular Injections

Sir,?Owing to the shortage of quinine by-hydrochloride may we draw attention to the following method of using quinine sulphate for intramuscular injections which we have found to be successful in malaria ? About 6,000 injections have been given in the past 12 months without any abscess formation and the therapeutic results have been as satisfactory as quinine bi-liydrochloride. Even infants, a ...

Quinine Sulphate for Intramuscular Injections

Intramuscular Quinine Injections in Malaria

to disappear completely. (d) Gentle massage is very essential after injection. (?) Too strong a solution gives pain. I always inject 5 grs. in 20 minims of distilled water. If this dose is not sufficient, it may be repeated. Whenever I used a stronger solution it invariably gave a certain amount of pain(/) The puncture should be sealed with compound benzoin tincture or collodiuin flexile. Simpl...