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  2. Ejection fraction - Wikipedia

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    An ejection fraction (EF) is the volumetric fraction (or portion of the total) of fluid (usually blood) ejected from a chamber (usually the heart) with each contraction (or heartbeat). It can refer to the cardiac atrium , [ 1 ] cardiac ventricle , [ 2 ] gall bladder, [ 3 ] or leg veins, [ 4 ] although if unspecified it usually refers to the ...

  3. Gallbladder - Wikipedia

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    The human gallbladder is a hollow grey-blue organ that sits in a shallow depression below the right lobe of the liver. [2] In adults, the gallbladder measures approximately 7 to 10 centimetres (2.8 to 3.9 inches) in length and 4 centimetres (1.6 in) in diameter when fully distended. [3]

  4. Comorbidity - Wikipedia

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    At the first stage of cancer the survival rate in the presence of comorbidity is 17% and in its absence it is 83%, in the second stage of cancer the rate of survivability is 14% and 76%, in the third stage it is 28% and 66% and in the fourth stage of cancer it is 0% and 50% respectively.

  5. List of human disease case fatality rates - Wikipedia

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    Prognosis improved by early supportive treatments as seen in the West African epidemic and the Kivu outbreak. [23] [24] Marburg virus disease – all outbreaks combined Viral Untreated [23–90]% 23% in 1967 when it was first identified and 90% in 2004-2005 when the worst outbreak of the disease occurred.

  6. Survival function - Wikipedia

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    The survival function is also known as the survivor function [2] or reliability function. [3] The term reliability function is common in engineering while the term survival function is used in a broader range of applications, including human mortality. The survival function is the complementary cumulative distribution function of the lifetime ...

  7. 68–95–99.7 rule - Wikipedia

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    Expected fraction of population inside range Expected fraction of population outside range Approx. expected frequency outside range Approx. frequency outside range for daily event μ ± 0.5σ: 0.382 924 922 548 026: 0.6171 = 61.71 % 3 in 5 Four or five times a week μ ± σ: 0.682 689 492 137 086 [5] 0.3173 = 31.73 % 1 in 3 Twice or thrice a ...

  8. Extracellular fluid - Wikipedia

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    The main component of the extracellular fluid (ECF) is the interstitial fluid, or tissue fluid, which surrounds the cells in the body. The other major component of the ECF is the intravascular fluid of the circulatory system called blood plasma.

  9. Stroke - Wikipedia

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    High levels of physical activity reduce the risk of stroke by about 26%. [107] There is a lack of high quality studies looking at promotional efforts to improve lifestyle factors. [ 108 ] Nonetheless, given the large body of circumstantial evidence, best medical management for stroke includes advice on diet, exercise, smoking and alcohol use ...