Table 2.
Frequency of intradermal, subcutaneous fat, and IM injections in children (n = 976) and adults (n = 1,096) according to the various injection techniques
| Technique | Children/adolescents |
Adults |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intradermal | Subcutaneous fat | IM | Intradermal | Subcutaneous fat | IM | |
| Unpinched | ||||||
| Abdominal | ||||||
| 45° | 0 | 113 (92.6) | 9 (7.4) | 1 (1) | 135 (98.5) | 1 (0.7) |
| Vertical | 1 (1) | 111 (91.0) | 10 (8.2) | 1 (1) | 134 (97.8) | 2 (1.5) |
| Thigh | ||||||
| 45° | 1 (1) | 119 (97.5) | 2 (1.6) | 0 | 136 (99.3) | 1 (0.7) |
| Vertical | 0 | 110 (90.2) | 12 (9.8) | 0 | 131 (95.6) | 6 (4.4) |
| Pinched | ||||||
| Abdominal | ||||||
| 45° | 1 (1) | 111 (91.0) | 10 (8.2) | 1 (1) | 136 (99.3) | 0 |
| Vertical | 1 (1) | 115 (94.3) | 6 (4.9) | 2 (1) | 135 (98.5) | 0 |
| Thigh | ||||||
| 45° | 0 | 119 (97.5) | 3 (2.5) | 2 (1) | 134 (97.8) | 1 (0.7) |
| Vertical | 1 (1) | 119 (97.5) | 2 (1.6) | 0 | 134 (97.8) | 3 (2.2) |
| Total | 5 (0.5) | 917 (94.0) | 54 (5.5) | 7 (0.6) | 1,075 (98.1) | 14 (1.3) |
Data are n (%).