|
|
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.
During the twentieth century, a variant of the metric system was used in Russia and France in which the base unit of mass was the tonne. Instead of kilograms, this system used millitonnes (mt).
Malaria mortality rates are falling. Increased malaria prevention and control measures have greatly improved these rates. Since 2000, malaria mortality rates have fallen globally by 60% among all age groups, and by 65% among children under age 5.
More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.
Drug-induced pharmacodynamic effects manifested in older adults include drug-induced renal toxicity, which can be a major factor when these adults are experiencing other kidney problems.
![Surface magnetic field of SU Aur (a young star of T Tauri type), reconstructed by means of Zeeman-Do](https://biology-forums.com/gallery/47/medium_12359_16_06_12_7_20_16.jpeg)
![Injecting an IV push (bolus) medication; C, another type of needleless syringe and needleless IV acc](https://biology-forums.com/gallery/47/medium_18099_26_09_12_4_39_03.jpeg)