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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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.
Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
All adverse reactions are commonly charted in red ink in the patient's record and usually are noted on the front of the chart. Failure to follow correct documentation procedures may result in malpractice lawsuits.