The deep fascia of the thigh forms an impenetrable barrier to fluid injected subcutaneously by autoinjectors.

Daniela Diacono; Richard S Pumphrey; Vibha Sharma; Peter D Arkwright

doi:10.1016/j.jaip.2014.11.016

The deep fascia of the thigh forms an impenetrable barrier to fluid injected subcutaneously by autoinjectors.

Daniela Diacono, Richard S Pumphrey, Vibha Sharma, Peter D Arkwright

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Abstract

Fluid injected from epinephrine auto-injectors into subcutaneous tissue is prevented from penetrating into the muscle by the deep fascia of the thigh. Intra-muscular injection will not occur during firing of an auto-injector if the needle tip is in the subcutaneous tissue.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	297-299
Number of pages	2
Journal	The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2014.11.016
Publication status	Published - Mar 2015

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epinephrine, anaphylaxis, auto-injector

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