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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
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More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
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Stroke kills people from all ethnic backgrounds, but the people at highest risk for fatal strokes are: black men, black women, Asian men, white men, and white women.
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Critical care patients are twice as likely to receive the wrong medication. Of these errors, 20% are life-threatening, and 42% require additional life-sustaining treatments.