Oxytocin is recommended only for pregnancies that have a medical reason for inducing labor (such as eclampsia) and is not recommended for elective procedures or for making the birthing process more convenient.
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Chronic necrotizing aspergillosis has a slowly progressive process that, unlike invasive aspergillosis, does not spread to other organ systems or the blood vessels. It most often affects middle-aged and elderly individuals, spreading to surrounding tissue in the lungs. The disease often does not respond to conventionally successful treatments, and requires individualized therapies in order to keep it from becoming life-threatening.
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Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
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This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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