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.
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The term pharmacology is derived from the Greek words pharmakon("claim, medicine, poison, or remedy") and logos ("study").
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
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There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
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Signs and symptoms of a drug overdose include losing consciousness, fever or sweating, breathing problems, abnormal pulse, and changes in skin color.
ABO Blood Reactions Are Important in Transfusions
Blood-brain barrier
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