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For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.
There are more sensory neurons in the tongue than in any other part of the body.
Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
In 1885, the Lloyd Manufacturing Company of Albany, New York, promoted and sold "Cocaine Toothache Drops" at 15 cents per bottle! In 1914, the Harrison Narcotic Act brought the sale and distribution of this drug under federal control.
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.