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This process can impact the circulation, nervous and respiratory systems and increase risk of illness of death from dehydration, heat exhaustion and heatstroke.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024
In the third trimester during pregnancy, babies' respiratory systems mature so babies can breathe outside the womb.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2023
“For his age, 86, he doesn’t have pathologies” regarding his heart or respiratory systems, Alfieri said in response to a reporter’s question.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 10, 2023
Nirsevimab was developed to give newborns and infants immediate protection against RSV through an antibody to prevent infections in their respiratory systems.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
“As you know,” he says, “those giant grasshoppers could never actually exist. At that size their respiratory systems would collapse.”
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
