Abstract
Complications following intramuscular (IM) injections in infants and children are quite frequent. Various studies have revealed that in most of the cases drugs were either injected into the subcutaneous tissue plane or into the muscle, where a disparity between the volume of injected material and the volume of muscle mass where it was injected was obvious. The consequences were either fat-necrotic abscess or muscle fibrosis leading to deformity of the nearby joint. On the basis of our studies and other observations, the ideal technique of IM injection and the best sites for injection in infants and children are suggested in order to prevent complications.
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Sarkar, P.K., Pan, G.D., Biswas, S.K. et al. Ideal technique and sites for intramuscular injection in infants and children. Pediatr Surg Int 4, 140–142 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00181856
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