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.
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Symptoms of kidney problems include a loss of appetite, back pain (which may be sudden and intense), chills, abdominal pain, fluid retention, nausea, the urge to urinate, vomiting, and fever.
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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
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The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
Blood supply to the pituitary gland
major endocrine gland
The hypothesized anterior and posterior auditory pathways.
Coronary arteries and major vessels (A) anterior (B) posterior.
Use one hand to knead posterior neck muscles. Place the other hand on the recipient’s forehead to ...