Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
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Amphetamine poisoning can cause intravascular coagulation, circulatory collapse, rhabdomyolysis, ischemic colitis, acute psychosis, hyperthermia, respiratory distress syndrome, and pericarditis.
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Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
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Most strokes are caused when blood clots move to a blood vessel in the brain and block blood flow to that area. Thrombolytic therapy can be used to dissolve the clot quickly. If given within 3 hours of the first stroke symptoms, this therapy can help limit stroke damage and disability.
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Normal urine is sterile. It contains fluids, salts, and waste products. It is free of bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
Endotracheal intubation. First, a lighted scope is used to identify the trachea from the esophagus.
Heart Failure Left side
Lift sides of waist with deep effleurage strokes from the side. Move to opposite side and reach over ...
Species-area curves
Adolescent girls reach adult height sooner than boys because their bones grow more rapidity