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Most strokes are caused when blood clots move to a blood vessel in the brain and block blood flow to that area. Thrombolytic therapy can be used to dissolve the clot quickly. If given within 3 hours of the first stroke symptoms, this therapy can help limit stroke damage and disability.
For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.
On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.
More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.