As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.
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Immunoglobulin injections may give short-term protection against, or reduce severity of certain diseases. They help people who have an inherited problem making their own antibodies, or those who are having certain types of cancer treatments.
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Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
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Today, nearly 8 out of 10 pregnant women living with HIV (about 1.1 million), receive antiretrovirals.
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Thyroid conditions cause a higher risk of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Selected Biologic Response Modifiers and Miscellaneous Antineoplastics
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Selected Complications of Total Parenteral Nutrition