Subcutaneous injections deliver medication into the fat layer just beneath the skin, commonly used for insulin, hormones, or vaccines with a small needle.

ATLAS trial investigator Guy Young, MD, Children's Hospital Los Angeles and University of Southern California Keck School of ...

Subcutaneous treprostinil (SCTre) is an effective second-line therapy for former premature infants who have chronic lung disease and severe pulmonary hypertension, according to Dina J. Ferdman, MD ...

Subcutaneous injection is the method used to administer growth hormone. ... The press of a button delivers the medication through automatic injection. Older children ages 10 or above, ...

Children who received weekly lonapegsomatropin grew 11.2 cm (4.4 inches) per year, whereas those who received an equivalent total dose of somatropin daily injections grew 10.3 cm (4.1 inches) per ...

Booster immunization: The usual booster dose for children is a single 0.5 mL dose given by subcutaneous injection at least 6 months after the primary immunization. Date of approval July 4, 2014 ...

As compared with children who were breast fed exclusively for 4 months, those who were never breast fed had a higher peripheral and total subcutaneous fat mass at the age of 6 months and higher ...