The U.S. Pharmacopeia Medication Errors Reporting Program states that approximately 50% of all medication errors involve insulin.
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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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Although puberty usually occurs in the early teenage years, the world's youngest parents were two Chinese children who had their first baby when they were 8 and 9 years of age.
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
The regions of the brain.
Major structures of the brain.
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Blood–brain barrier.
The Central Nervous System Includes the Brain and Spinal Cord