Sitati Fred Chuma, Naddumba Edward, Beyeza Tito
PCEA Kikuyu Hospital, Orthopedic Unit, Kikuyu, Nairobi 00200, Kenya.
Trop Doct. 2010 Oct;40(4):223-4. doi: 10.1258/td.2010.090354. Epub 2010 Sep 8.
In developing countries, sciatic nerve injury following gluteal intramuscular injection is a persistent problem. A study over 6 months involving 133 children seen in Mulago hospital with acute flaccid paralysis revealed 124 (93%) children with injection-induced sciatic nerve injury. The identity of the drug in 79 cases (59.4%) was quinine. It is recommended that the gluteal region should not be used as an intramuscular injection site in children.
在发展中国家，臀肌内注射后发生坐骨神经损伤是一个长期存在的问题。一项为期6个月的研究，涉及穆拉戈医院收治的133例急性弛缓性麻痹儿童，结果显示124例（93%）儿童存在注射引起的坐骨神经损伤。79例（59.4%）病例中的药物为奎宁。建议不应将臀肌区域用作儿童肌内注射部位。
