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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The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
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Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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Lower drug doses for elderly patients should be used first, with titrations of the dose as tolerated to prevent unwanted drug-related pharmacodynamic effects.
Understanding cells in terms of their molecular components.
Anterior and lateral views of the body illustrating directional terms.
The following terms describe types of body movement that occur at the diarthrotic joints