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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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Patients who have been on total parenteral nutrition for more than a few days may need to have foods gradually reintroduced to give the digestive tract time to start working again.
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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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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.