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Did you know?
About 60% of newborn infants in the United States are jaundiced; that is, they look yellow. Kernicterus is a form of brain damage caused by excessive jaundice. When babies begin to be affected by excessive jaundice and begin to have brain damage, they become excessively lethargic.
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The effects of organophosphate poisoning are referred to by using the abbreviations “SLUD” or “SLUDGE,” It stands for: salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, GI upset, and emesis.
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Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.