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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Injection-induced sciatic nerve injury in Ugandan children
Tropical Doctor, Volume 40, No. 4, Year 2010
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Description
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. © 2010, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sitati, Fred Chuma
Kenya, Kikuyu
Pcea Kikuyu Hospital
Naddumba, Edward K.
Uganda, Kampala
Mulago Hospital
Beyeza, Tito
Uganda, Kampala
Makerere University
Statistics
Citations: 19
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1258/td.2010.090354
ISSN:
00494755
e-ISSN:
17581133
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Violence And Injury