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Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.
The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
It is believed that the Incas used anesthesia. Evidence supports the theory that shamans chewed cocoa leaves and drilled holes into the heads of patients (letting evil spirits escape), spitting into the wounds they made. The mixture of cocaine, saliva, and resin numbed the site enough to allow hours of drilling.

