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 training of an anesthesiologist typically requires four years of college, 4 years of medical school, 1 year of internship, and 3 years of residency.
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Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
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Most fungi that pathogenically affect humans live in soil. If a person is not healthy, has an open wound, or is immunocompromised, a fungal infection can be very aggressive.
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Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
The black-legged tick transmits Lyme disease
Black (melanistic) eastern gray squirrel, Ottawa, Ontario
Black hairy tongue.
Biston betularia betularia morpha carbonaria, the black-bodied peppered moth
Attributed to José de Alcíbar, From Spaniard and Black, Mulatto (De Español y Negra, Mulato).