When intravenous medications are involved in adverse drug events, their harmful effects may occur more rapidly, and be more severe than errors with oral medications. This is due to the direct administration into the bloodstream.
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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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Persons who overdose with cardiac glycosides have a better chance of overall survival if they can survive the first 24 hours after the overdose.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
It is important to ask patients what other health care providers they are seeing, such as the dentis
