Injection-induced sciatic nerve injury in Ugandan children-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Injection-induced sciatic nerve injury in Ugandan children

Published:2010-09-08 Issue:4 Volume:40 Page:223-224
ISSN:0049-4755
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Author:

Sitati Fred Chuma¹,Naddumba Edward²,Beyeza Tito³

Affiliation:

1. PCEA Kikuyu Hospital, Orthopedic Unit, Kikuyu, Nairobi 00200, Kenya

2. Mulago Hospital, Kampala

3. Makereree University, Mulago Orthopedic Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Abstract

In developing countries, sciatic nerve injury following gluteal intramuscular injection is a persistent problem. A study over 6 months involving 133 children seen in Mulago hospital with acute flaccid paralysis revealed 124 (93%) children with injection-induced sciatic nerve injury. The identity of the drug in 79 cases (59.4%) was quinine. It is recommended that the gluteal region should not be used as an intramuscular injection site in children.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1258/td.2010.090354

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