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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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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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Elderly adults are at greatest risk of stroke and myocardial infarction and have the most to gain from prophylaxis. Patients ages 60 to 80 years with blood pressures above 160/90 mm Hg should benefit from antihypertensive treatment.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with introducing the words "anesthesia" and "anesthetic" into the English language in 1846.
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Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.