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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
Elderly adults are living longer, and causes of death are shifting. At the same time, autopsy rates are at or near their lowest in history.
Anesthesia awareness is a potentially disturbing adverse effect wherein patients who have been paralyzed with muscle relaxants may awaken. They may be aware of their surroundings but unable to communicate or move. Neurologic monitoring equipment that helps to more closely check the patient's anesthesia stages is now available to avoid the occurrence of anesthesia awareness.
In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.