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- Weakened Immune Sys...
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Hospital Inpatient
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Black Men
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Genetic Predisposition to Disease
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Invasive medical procedure
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Age more than 65 years
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Severe multiple injuries
- Bacteremia
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Pneumonia is a lung infection that can be caused by many different germs, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. This article discusses describes pneumonia that occurs in a person whose ability to fight infection is greatly reduced because their ...
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Contact injuries to the skin and deeper tissues caused by exposure to flames, hot liquids or solids, radiant heat, caustic chemicals, electricity or electromagnetic (nuclear) radiation. Every year, in the United States, approximately two million p...
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There are three levels of burns: First-degree burns affect only the outer layer of the skin. They cause pain, redness, and swelling; Second-degree (partial thickness) burns affect both the outer and underlying layer of skin. They cause pain, redne...
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Burns are injuries to tissues that are caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals.
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Burns are injuries to the tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. Such injuries cause the breakdown of body proteins, death of cells, loss of body fluids, and edema .
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Burns are injuries to tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals.
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Burns are injuries to tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. A patient is treated for burn wounds. ( Phototake . Reproduced by permission. )
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Bacteremia is an invasion of the bloodstream by bacteria.
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