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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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Lower drug doses for elderly patients should be used first, with titrations of the dose as tolerated to prevent unwanted drug-related pharmacodynamic effects.
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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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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.