Alcohol acts as a diuretic. Eight ounces of water is needed to metabolize just 1 ounce of alcohol.
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Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
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The average older adult in the United States takes five prescription drugs per day. Half of these drugs contain a sedative. Alcohol should therefore be avoided by most senior citizens because of the dangerous interactions between alcohol and sedatives.
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In inpatient settings, adverse drug events account for an estimated one in three of all hospital adverse events. They affect approximately 2 million hospital stays every year, and prolong hospital stays by between one and five days.
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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
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Electrocardiography. (a) Electrodes are placed on the patient’s chest to record the electrical event
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Sequence of patient positions for heart auscultation