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As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.
In ancient Rome, many of the richer people in the population had lead-induced gout. The reason for this is unclear. Lead poisoning has also been linked to madness.
By definition, when a medication is administered intravenously, its bioavailability is 100%.
People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.