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Acute bronchitis is an inflammation of the breathing tubes (bronchi), which causes increased mucus production and other changes. It is usually caused by bacteria or viruses, can be serious in people who have pulmonary or cardiac diseases, and can lead to pneumonia.
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Critical care patients are twice as likely to receive the wrong medication. Of these errors, 20% are life-threatening, and 42% require additional life-sustaining treatments.
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This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
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In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.