Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To find out the reasons of deltoid injection abscess in female
patients and disseminate awareness in our population.
METHODS: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the
female outpatient Department of Surgery at Khyber Teaching Hospital,
Peshawar, Pakistan from April 2017 to December 2017. All female patients with
age more than 14 years who presented with deltoid injection abscesses on
either arm were included and patients with diabetes, bleeding disorders, major
debilitating disorders or immune-compromised conditions were excluded. All
patients were interviewed regarding the intramuscular injection technique and
data was collected on a structured proforma and analyzed on SPSS 20.
RESULTS: A total of fifty female patients were studied in which 56% were in
the age group of 26-45years with mean age 35.5±12.93 years, 14 (28%)
qualified and 36 (72%) non-qualified personnel administered the injection. It
was injected over the sleeve in 41 (82%) patients while in only 9 (18%) patients
the arm was exposed properly. The reasons for insignificant exposure came out
to be social reasons in 9 (18%), time deficiency in 9 (18%), improper trained
personnel in 19 (38%), tight sleeves in 4 (8%) patients. In 9 (18%) patients
aseptic measures were used while in 41 (82%) patients no aseptic measures
were taken.
CONCLUSION: Most of the patients got abscess after intramuscular injection
due to lack of awareness, improperly trained personnel and simple avoidable
reasons, which can rectified for benefit of the community.
Mubashira Ahmad, Munir Ahmad, Sikandar Hayat, Fakhar-e-Alam, Ijaz Ahmad. (2018) INTRAMUSCULAR DELTOID INJECTION ABSCESS IN PATIENTS PRESENTED TO A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL, Volume 10, Issue 3.
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