|
Author Question: Parents are preparing their child for admission to the pediatric unit for minor surgery. What should ... (Read 62 times) |
Multiple sclerosis is a condition wherein the body's nervous system is weakened by an autoimmune reaction that attacks the myelin sheaths of neurons.
As of mid-2016, 18.2 million people were receiving advanced retroviral therapy (ART) worldwide. This represents between 43–50% of the 34–39.8 million people living with HIV.
In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
The largest baby ever born weighed more than 23 pounds but died just 11 hours after his birth in 1879. The largest surviving baby was born in October 2009 in Sumatra, Indonesia, and weighed an astounding 19.2 pounds at birth.
Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.