A measure of how many people have died because of an illness is known as what?

The pediatrician at the clinic explains to parents of a newborn that their child suffers from cleft palate. she tells them that the normal palate fused in an anterior to posterior pattern. the child's palatine processes have not fused. have his palatine bones fused normally? explain. 3. bernice, a 75 year old woman, stumbled slightly while walking, then felt a terrible pain in her left hip. at the hospital, x-rays revealed that the hip was broken. also, the compact and spongy bones throughout her spine were very thin. what was her probable condition? treatment? 4. at work, a box fell from a shelf onto bertha's acrominal region. in the emergency room, the physical reveled that the head of the humerus had moved into the axilla. what had happened to bertha?

A92-year-old man with a 45-year history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is intubated in the icu because of a bout of viral pneumonia that fails to improve after 72 hours of antibiotics. although the inspired fraction of oxygen is 100%, the patient's po2 remains at 57 mmhg. positive-end expiratory pressure (peep) is added to allow the inspired fraction of oxygen. twelve hours after the introduction of peep the patient suddenly become hypotensive. at the same time, his oxygen saturation drops from 92% to 61%. on physical examination, his bp is 80/50 mmhg and his pulse is 124/min. he has distended neck veins and distant heart sounds. which of the following would also most likely be seen on this patient's physical examination? - absence of breath sounds in the right hemithorax- high amplitude carotid artery upstroke- a pleural friction rub- pulsus alternans- splenomegaly

Describe 3 ways you can make sure you understand what your boss is asking for in his/her email or memo?