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Exposure to high-priority drug-drug interactions among non-elderly adults in Quebec: a cohort study [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Harmful prescription drug-drug interactions (DDI) arise when the effects of one drug change the effect of another drug and increase the risk for an adverse event, including therapeutic failure. 2) to measure the association between exposure to 4 high-priority DDI and the risk of an adverse event. Results: 1) 11.7% (95% CI: 11.5-12.0)

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How to identify a victim of heat exhaustion or heat stroke

Medical Xpress

The temperature is just going to continue to rise and at some point thats going to lead to death," says Wood, who has worked as a nurse practitioner in the emergency room. However, we do not guarantee individual replies due to the high volume of messages. Your feedback is important to us.

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