Needle length and injection technique for efficient intramuscular vaccine delivery in infants and children evaluated through an ultrasonographic determination of subcutaneous and muscle layer thickness.
Groswasser
J
J
Department of Pediatrics, Queen Fabiola Children's Hospital, 1020 Brussels, Belgium.
Kahn
A
A
Bouche
B
B
Hanquinet
S
S
Perlmuter
N
N
Hessel
L
L
D001132:Arm / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007223:Infant; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009339:Needles; D012867:Skin / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013848:Thigh / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D014765:Viral Vaccines