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Skin to Intramuscular Compartment Thigh Measurement by Ultrasound in Pediatric Population

INTRODUCTION: Pediatric obesity threatens the efficacy of medications given intramuscularly. In anaphylactic patients, epinephrine auto-injector needle lengths are potentially too short to reach the muscle compartment in patients with elevated body habitus. The objective of the study was to determin...

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Autores principales: Duong, Myto, Botchway, Albert, dela Cruz, Jonathan, Austin, Richard, McDaniel, Kevin, Jaeger, Cassie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5391899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28435500
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2016.12.32279