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One baby dies in Texas hospital's neonatal intensive care unit Hospital says medication mix-up apparently occurred in hospital pharmacy Up to 17 babies receive too-concentrated form of blood thinner heparin Last year, Dennis Quaid's twins given overdose of heparin at Los Angeles hospital (CNN) -- A Corpus Christi, Texas, hospital is investigating how up to 17 babies in a neonatal intensive care unit received overdoses of the blood thinner heparin. One of the babies died. Officials at Christus Spohn Hospital South say corrective action was taken after the discovery of the overdoses. The infant was one of 17 who may have received a more concentrated form of heparin than was prescribed, Christus Spohn Hospital South said in a statement. Heparin is an anticoagulant often used to clean the IVs of patients and prevent blood clots... [read full story]
