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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Opium has influenced much of the world's most popular literature. The following authors were all opium users, of varying degrees: Lewis Carroll, Charles, Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Oscar Wilde.
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
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Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
Children and adolescents define themselves as they get older
