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Normal urine is sterile. It contains fluids, salts, and waste products. It is free of bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
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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.
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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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Every 10 seconds, a person in the United States goes to the emergency room complaining of head pain. About 1.2 million visits are for acute migraine attacks.