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Hooked epinephrine auto-injector devices in children: four case reports with three different proposed mechanisms

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of epinephrine auto-injectors (EAI) use is on the rise. Our objective was to describes children with hooked EAI needles that were embedded in soft tissues. CASE PRESENTATION: Results: Two children self-injected in their shins. The embedded EAIs required removal in the Emer...

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Autores principales: Goldman, Ran D., Long, Katharine C., Brown, Julie C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7071737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32190077
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13223-020-00418-0