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Diarrhoea
Diarrhea is loosely defined as passage of abnormally liquid or unformed stools at an increased frequency. For adults on a typical Western diet, stool weight >200 g/d can generally be considered diarrheal. Diarrhea may be further defined as acute if <2 weeks, persistent if 2–4 weeks, and chronic if >4 weeks in duration.
~Harrison's ...
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This article tells that warfarin can prolong aPTT too.
Now look at the image below
It is almost 5 days and some extra hours when anticoagulant effects start, during which we give heparin, also called as heparin bridge.
But in that case, warfarin usually takes a few days to be considered effective enough to stop administering patients heparin with it; ...
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Answering my own question after thorough research:
Definitions
First, I noticed that there is no consensus on where the UV spectrum ends and the blue portion of the visible light spectrum begins.
According to the WHO, as well as to most other sources, the UV spectrum covers the wavelength range 100–400nm (1). However, a few other sources, notably the SCENIHR,...
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Hello and welcome hb20007,
I would like to introduce the types of Ultraviolet light to you first.
Ultraviolet A - UVA - 400–315 nanometers
Ultraviolet B - UVB - 315–280 nanometers
Ultraviolet C - UVC - 280–100 nanometers
UV380 sunglasses block all light with a wavelength < 380nm. Blocking most UVA, UVB & UVC.
UV400 sunglasses block all light with a ...
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