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Seventeen infants given Heparin overdoses

by Angie Felton, Posted Jul 14th 2008 11:00AM

The drug Heparin is in the headlines because once again, tiny babies were mistakenly given too much of the anticoagulant used to prevent intravenous blood clots and keep IV lines clear. This time the overdose isn't being blamed on the company's bad ...
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Kimberly Quaid and mother's intuition

by Angie Felton, Posted Mar 17th 2008 1:01PM

Around the very time her newborn babies were struggling for survival in the hospital after accidentally being overdosed with Heparin, Kimberly Quaid shared on 60 Minutes that miles away at home, she felt something was very, very wrong with her ...
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Dennis Quaid's newborns accidentally overdosed by hospital staff

by Angie Felton, Posted Nov 20th 2007 4:48PM

TMZ is reporting that up to thirteen patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles were given higher doses of the anti-coagulant, Heparin, including the newborn twins of actor Dennis Quaid. According the source, a technician put the drug in ...
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Two premature babies die at hospital due to human error

by Heather Craven, Posted Sep 18th 2006 11:30AM

Two premature babies died over the weekend at an Indiana hospital due to human error. The babies, both given adult doses of the blood thinner Heparin died Saturday night. The babies were born at 25 and 26 weeks at Newborn Intensive Care Unit of ...
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