In inpatient settings, adverse drug events account for an estimated one in three of all hospital adverse events. They affect approximately 2 million hospital stays every year, and prolong hospital stays by between one and five days.
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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
