About 60% of newborn infants in the United States are jaundiced; that is, they look yellow. Kernicterus is a form of brain damage caused by excessive jaundice. When babies begin to be affected by excessive jaundice and begin to have brain damage, they become excessively lethargic.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
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The lipid bilayer is made of phospholipids. They are arranged in a double layer because one of their ends is attracted to water while the other is repelled by water.
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The physician uses two hands for deep bimanual palpation.
Deep effleurage to buttocks muscles using reinforced palm. Place one hand over the other to apply ...