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More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.
Although not all of the following muscle groups are commonly used, intramuscular injections may be given into the abdominals, biceps, calves, deltoids, gluteals, laterals, pectorals, quadriceps, trapezoids, and triceps.
The first war in which wide-scale use of anesthetics occurred was the Civil War, and 80% of all wounds were in the extremities.
In 2006, a generic antinausea drug named ondansetron was approved. It is used to stop nausea and vomiting associated with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.