In one study, seven patients (26%) presenting with foot drop had had recent IM injections in the buttock. An additional 20 patients (74%) presented much later (Fatunde & Familusi, 2001).
A 25-year-old male patient presented with foot drop indicative of a sciatic nerve injury following gluteal intramuscular (IM) injections. Blood tests and magnetic resonance imaging of his spine ...
Coroner calls for common sense after nurse followed national guidance during routine vitamin jab that caused infection ...
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She did not do so because she was following both her training (she quoted from an NHS e-learning module on administering intramuscular injections) and national guidance in the form of a document ...
Occasionally , the damage may also involve a partial or complete tear of the intramuscular tendon itself. Specialised management (surgery, injection therapies, delayed rehabilitation) of an ...
Traumatic injection neuritis can occur because of unsafe intramuscular injection practice as it involves the sciatic and radial nerves and presents as acute peripheral neuropathy with flaccid ...
In just a few years, brand-name injectable drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound have rocketed to fame as ...