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최동원 ( Choi Dong-Won ) - 적십자대학교 간호대학
송경애 ( Sohng Kyeong-Yae ) - 가톨릭대학교 간호대학
김범수 ( Kim Bum-Soo ) - 가톨릭대학교 의과대학 영상의학교실
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was conducted to assess optimal needle length for gluteal intramuscular injections (IM) via simple skinfold thickness (SFT).
Methods: For this study, 190 healthy adults were recruited and grouped into eight groups according to gender and body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2). The Korean Society for the Study of Obesity criteria defines a BMI under 20 as underweight, 20.1-22.9 as normal, 23-24.9 as overweight and over 25 as obese. For each participant, the SFT of dorsoguteal (DG) and ventrogluteal (VG) sites were measured using a caliper. Subcutaneous tissue thickness was acquired through ultrasonic images.
Results: For men in the overweight and obese groups at the DG site, for the obese group at the VG site, and for women in the normal weight, overweight and obese groups at both sites, the mean subcutaneous tissue thickness exceeded 1.84 cm, the minimal length for a 1 inch needle used for IM. At the DG site, optimal intramuscular needle length (OINL) was 1.4 times in women and 1.0 times in men compared to SFT. At the VG site, OINL was 1.3 times in women and 0.9 times in men compared to SFT.
Conslusion: The results of this study suggest that SFT is a reliable index to determine optimal needle length with minimal effort prior to IM.
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KeyWords
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Intramuscular injection, Buttocks, Skinfold thickness, Ultrasonography, Subcutaneous tissue
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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