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Aim: To investigate a correlation between intradeltoid injection and deltoid fibrosis (DF).
Material and Methods: A case-control study based on a community population was conducted. Cases included patients from 1-20 years of age suffering from DF in three communes. The diagnosis criteria included 293 children. Controls included healthy individuals matched with cases by age and sex. Two controls were selected for one case.
Results: There is an evident correlation between injection of antibiotic into Deltoid muscle and DF with OR= 27.2;P< 0.001. The degree of correlation decreased with an increase in age OR= 3.8; P< 0.001 when antibiotic injection was done in newborn period, OR= 2.1, p< 0.01 in children from 1 month to 5 years old.
There was also correlation between intradeltoid injection of vitamins and antalgic drugs with OR= 6.2, p< 0.01. However there was no correlation between intradeltoid injection of vaccine and DF with OR=0.19, P>0.05.
Conclusion: There is an evident correlation between intradeltoid injection of antibiotics and other drugs and DF, especially when the injection was given in newborns.
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Tu, T. 1429 Correlation Between Intradeltoid Injection and Deltoid Fibrosis. Pediatr Res 68 (Suppl 1), 706 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-201011001-01429
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-201011001-01429