More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
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The training of an anesthesiologist typically requires four years of college, 4 years of medical school, 1 year of internship, and 3 years of residency.
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Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
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Patients who have been on total parenteral nutrition for more than a few days may need to have foods gradually reintroduced to give the digestive tract time to start working again.
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The effects of organophosphate poisoning are referred to by using the abbreviations “SLUD” or “SLUDGE,” It stands for: salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, GI upset, and emesis.
Nursing process as a system
Metastatic process: Tumor leaving primary site to travel to other distant organs to grow.