title: The reliability of site determination methods in ventrogluteal area injection: a cross-sectional study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  While administering medication through intramuscular injection, the ventrogluteal site must be used instead of the dorsogluteal site, and it is of great significance to locate the ventrogluteal site correctly.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the reliability of two different methods used to determine the ventrogluteal site in intramuscular injection practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  A university hospital in Istanbul.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study population comprised 120 randomly selected healthcare personnel at a university hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  The ventrogluteal site was determined using the geometric (G method) and V method and these sites were scrutinized under ultrasonography. It was investigated whether there was any anatomic vessels or neural structure present, and also determined the thickness of subcutaneous tissue, musculus gluteus medius, and musculus gluteus minimus.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the participants, 65.8% were female and the average age was 32.30 years and body mass index was 25.31 kg/m(2). The results showed that G and V methods were statistically significant in terms of variables. It was also found that sex affects subcutaneous tissue thickness and the skin-bone margin in the G and V method, and that body mass index determines subcutaneous tissue, musculus gluteus medius thickness and skin-bone margin.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When the ventrogluteal site is used for intramuscular injection purposes, the site must be determined in line with the geometric method.
authors: Istanbul University, Health Sciences Faculty, Demirkapı Cad. Karabal Sk. Bakırköy Ruh ve Sinir Hastalıkları Hastanesi Bahçesi içi, 34740 Bakırköy-Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: nurka@istanbul.edu.tr.
authors: Nurten
authors: N
authors: Kaya
authors: Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Radiology, 34093 Fatih, Ç, İstanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: artur@superonline.com.
authors: Artür
authors: A
authors: Salmaslıoğlu
authors: Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Nursing Services Directorate, 34093 Fatih, Ç, İstanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: copurbanu@hotmail.com.
authors: Banu
authors: B
authors: Terzi
authors: Istanbul University, Florence Nightingale Nursing Faculty, Department of Fundamentals of Nursing, Abide-i Hürriyet Caddesi, 34381 Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: nkaraman@istanbul.edu.tr.
authors: Nuray
authors: N
authors: Turan
authors: Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Radiology, 34093 Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: acunasb@hotmail.com.
authors: Bülent
authors: B
authors: Acunaş
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
keywords: Geometric method; Intramuscular injection; V method; Ventrogluteal site