title: [Intra-muscular injections and post-injectional paralysis. 18 cases].
abstract: The study of 264 lower limbs paralysis recorded from 1988 to 1990 in 6 Physiotherapy Centers in Madagascar showed that 66% has received prior intra-muscular injections. Among those, 10.2% could be diagnosed as post injectional paralysis and quinine was responsible in 73%. Defining a national policy on the use of the intra-muscular injections, training medical workers and improving the access to oral and intra-rectal drugs could help to decrease the frequency of those complications spirochetes and other infections (43).
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie Morondava Madagascar.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Barennes
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raharinivo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delorme
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008270:Madagascar / Q000453:epidemiology; D010243:Paralysis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011803:Quinine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers
chemical_list: D011803:Quinine
vernacular_title: Intra-musculaires et paralysies post-injectionnelles. A propos de 18 cas.