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Though newer “smart” infusion pumps are increasingly becoming more sophisticated, they cannot prevent all programming and administration errors. Health care professionals that use smart infusion pumps must still practice the rights of medication administration and have other professionals double-check all high-risk infusions.
About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
Symptoms of kidney problems include a loss of appetite, back pain (which may be sudden and intense), chills, abdominal pain, fluid retention, nausea, the urge to urinate, vomiting, and fever.
More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.
More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.