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For elective procedures requiring general anesthesia, insulin infusion is usually required to control hyperglycemic levels that occur during surgery.
For example, Renz and coworkers [ 11] infused 1 g vancomycin over 10 min to patients scheduled for elective prosthetic joint replacement, and found that 90% of patients had rash and pruritus, and 50% had significant hypotension.
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.
Ross had never held elective office before and got the nod mostly on the strength of her New Republic cover story savaging Bill Clinton's health care reform plan, which was widely credited with helping to sink it.
Instead, the short retreats teach participants "how to be financially literate; how to speak and present; how to write a business plan; fundraise; and run for elective office; how to write a book or magazine article proposal; how to mentor and be mentored; how to start a community organization; and how to be a philanthropist."