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  2. Acute respiratory distress syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The role of non-invasive ventilation is limited to the very early period of the disease or to prevent worsening respiratory distress in individuals with atypical pneumonias, lung bruising, or major surgery patients, who are at risk of developing ARDS. Treatment of the underlying cause is crucial.

  3. Infant respiratory distress syndrome - Wikipedia

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    IRDS affects about 1% of newborns and is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. [5] Data have shown the choice of elective caesarean sections to strikingly increase the incidence of respiratory distress in term infants; dating back to 1995, the UK first documented 2,000 annual caesarean section births requiring ...

  4. N.E.R.D.S. - Wikipedia

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    The book series centers around National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society, or N.E.R.D.S., a spy agency that contains children with considerably "nerdy" upgrades. It is mentioned that all N.E.R.D.S. are automatically retired when they turn eighteen, which is the legal consent age for adults.

  5. Oxygen toxicity - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Navy uses treatment tables based on periods alternating between 100% oxygen and air. For example, USN table 6 requires 75 minutes (three periods of 20 minutes oxygen/5 minutes air) at an ambient pressure of 2.8 standard atmospheres (280 kPa), equivalent to a depth of 18 metres (60 ft). This is followed by a slow reduction in pressure ...

  6. List of causes of death by rate - Wikipedia

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    Number of deaths Causes of death in developed countries ... Cause Rate % total % change 2007–2017 All causes: 737.7: ... based on medical records, ...

  7. Disease burden - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] [4] According to an article published in The Lancet in June 2015, low back pain and major depressive disorder were among the top ten causes of YLDs and were the cause of more health loss than diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and asthma combined. The study based on data from 188 countries, considered to be the largest and ...

  8. Prevalence - Wikipedia

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    It is derived by comparing the number of people found to have the condition with the total number of people studied and is usually expressed as a fraction, a percentage, or the number of cases per 10,000 or 100,000 people. Prevalence is most often used in questionnaire studies.

  9. Diseases of poverty - Wikipedia

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    Only about one in five homes in low-income areas have parks within a half-mile distance, and about the same number have a fitness or recreation center within that distance. [21] Expanded availability of local environments enabling exercise is associated with an increase in physical activity and a decrease in individuals with an overweight status.