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For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.
The immune system needs 9.5 hours of sleep in total darkness to recharge completely.
The top five reasons that children stay home from school are as follows: colds, stomach flu (gastroenteritis), ear infection (otitis media), pink eye (conjunctivitis), and sore throat.
When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
Though Candida and Aspergillus species are the most common fungal pathogens causing invasive fungal disease in the immunocompromised, infections due to previously uncommon hyaline and dematiaceous filamentous fungi are occurring more often today. Rare fungal infections, once accurately diagnosed, may require surgical debridement, immunotherapy, and newer antifungals used singly or in combination with older antifungals, on a case-by-case basis.