OBJECTIVE To study the efficacy of subcutaneous steroid injection in the treatment of chalazion. DESIGN Prospective consecutive case series. SETTING University teaching hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS Patients with chalazion presenting to the out-patient clinic of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Prince of Wales Hospital from January to June 1998. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Size of the c...

BACKGROUND It is necessary to establish an effective subcutaneous injection procedure for adult and elderly individuals because many drugs such as hormones and interferon are generally delivered by subcutaneous injection. We tested whether pain during subcutaneous injection can be decreased by prior application of localized manual pressure at the injection site. METHODS In this semirandomized...

anticoagulation drugs are frequently used to prevent deep vein thrombosis in high-risk patients. subcutaneous low molecular weight heparin (lmwh) is increasingly used in both hospitalized patients and outpatient settings. this necessitates familiarity of both health care providers and patients with such treatment and vigilance on possible complications. here we present a case of hematoma of rec...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of warming lignocaine on the pain associated with subcutaneous injection. DESIGN Double blind, randomised, crossover study. SETTING Hospital clinic. SUBJECTS 40 healthy volunteers. INTERVENTIONS Subcutaneous injection with 1 ml of 1% lignocaine at 20 degrees C and 1 ml of 1% lignocaine at 37 degrees C. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Pain assessed by linear a...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Chelation therapy is often necessary for patients who undergo chronic transfusion therapy for myelodysplastic syndromes. In these patients, deferoxamine, the most widely used chelating agent, has been reported to be effective in reducing the iron burden and the transfusion requirement. Unfortunately, compliance with the drug, that is usually administered by slow subcuta...

OBJECTIVES To compare the neuroanatomical characteristics of the deep and superficial tissues at acupuncture point LI11 using a neural tracing technique, in order to examine the neural basis of potential differences between deep and superficial needling techniques. METHODS In order to mimic the situations of the deep and superficial needling, the retrograde neural tracer Alexa Fluor 488 conju...

is so striking, that I have no doubt when its use in this form is better known it will be eagerly sought for by those who are liable to attacks of the disease. The following is a case of this sort in which the effect was very strikingly manifested :? A scantily clothed woman was carried into the dispensary one cold morning and deposited on the floor, her painful efforts to breathe absorbing all...