In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
Nurse-patient interaction; nonverbal communication
A nurse adjusts the rate of a client’s IV.
A, A nurse is adding a medication to an IV line as a piggyback