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The monarchy was elective, rather than hereditary, which led to disputes over succession to the crown; and in one of these, the disaffected party looked to North Africa for an ally.
About 90% of SAH cases are caused by a ruptured IA [ 1 ] . Per-case mortality for ruptured IAs is about 30 to 50% and morbidity about 66% as opposed to about 2% mortality and 4% morbidity for elective surgery of unruptured IAs in asymptomatic low-risk patients [ 2 3 ] . Given the marked contrast between the outcomes of elective versus emergency surgery, the goal has to be identification and treatment of IAs prior to rupture.
The APACHE II prediction equation incorporates three variables: an APACHE II score, the diagnostic category of the patient, and whether the surgery was emergency or elective.
Entrepreneurial dentists market this elective care with trained aggression.
Now we have elective surgery.