Anesthesia awareness is a potentially disturbing adverse effect wherein patients who have been paralyzed with muscle relaxants may awaken. They may be aware of their surroundings but unable to communicate or move. Neurologic monitoring equipment that helps to more closely check the patient's anesthesia stages is now available to avoid the occurrence of anesthesia awareness.
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The ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen in water (H2O) is 2:1.
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Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
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Approximately one in three babies in the United States is now delivered by cesarean section. The number of cesarean sections in the United States has risen 46% since 1996.
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Vaccines cause herd immunity. If the majority of people in a community have been vaccinated against a disease, an unvaccinated person is less likely to get the disease since others are less likely to become sick from it and spread the disease.
Visual communication in fireflies.
Two stubby screwdrivers used to access screws that have limited space above. A straight blade is on ...
Needle-nose pliers are used where there is limited access to a wire or pin that needs to be ...
A schematic drawing of the same memory saver.
Hypnosis and Special Abilities
Denney's model ON actual level of performance on exercised and unexercised abilities