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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
Anesthesia awareness is a potentially disturbing adverse effect wherein patients who have been paralyzed with muscle relaxants may awaken. They may be aware of their surroundings but unable to communicate or move. Neurologic monitoring equipment that helps to more closely check the patient's anesthesia stages is now available to avoid the occurrence of anesthesia awareness.
Calcitonin is a naturally occurring hormone. In women who are at least 5 years beyond menopause, it slows bone loss and increases spinal bone density.
The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.