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.
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Most women experience menopause in their 50s. However, in 1994, an Italian woman gave birth to a baby boy when she was 61 years old.
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The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.
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Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
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Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
Three Types of Lunar Eclipses
Types of Neurons
Toe types
Various types of bandages.
Types of Psoriasis
Types of Mutations in the HBB Gene That Cause p-Thalassemia
