Assessment of distance from skin surface to muscle for evaluation of the risk of inadvertent intramuscular insulin injection at potential injection sites among patients attending a tertiary care children's hospital in Sri Lanka-an observational study.

CONCLUSION: Using a short needle is recommended for children, particularly for boys. Regardless of the needle length, the raised sf technique is associated with reduced IM risk. PMID: 32461034 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Archives de Pediatrie - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Arch Pediatr Source Type: research