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Review
. 2005 Apr;19(2):140-3.
doi: 10.1007/s00482-004-0318-2.

[Intramuscular injections in children]

[Article in German]
C Hünseler  1 , B Roth, R Pothmann, P Reinhold
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Review

[Intramuscular injections in children]

[Article in German]
C Hünseler et al. Schmerz. 2005 Apr.

Abstract

Intramuscular injections are still part of routine care in the treatment of children. Vaccines, premedications and analgesics are administered by this route. The pain associated with an intramuscular injection is severe, the risk of complications is increased, and pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics are unpredictable. In many cases, equivalent alternatives of rectal, oral or intranasal routes of administering pharmacologic agents exist. Intramuscular injection of analgesics and premedications to children are-except in case of emergencies-obsolete. This demand corresponds to the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP).

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