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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.
About 60% of newborn infants in the United States are jaundiced; that is, they look yellow. Kernicterus is a form of brain damage caused by excessive jaundice. When babies begin to be affected by excessive jaundice and begin to have brain damage, they become excessively lethargic.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.