1976
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-8703(76)80155-x
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“…The lack of such reports is surprising given the increasing number of articles that are questioning the effectiveness of such units, especially in view of the cost of establishing and maintaining them in terms of both staff and equipment. [5][6][7][8][9] We therefore compared three groups of patients who had been treated at different periods in our coronary care unit to determine whether there has been any change in the clinical profile of such patients or their survival rates.…”
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“…The lack of such reports is surprising given the increasing number of articles that are questioning the effectiveness of such units, especially in view of the cost of establishing and maintaining them in terms of both staff and equipment. [5][6][7][8][9] We therefore compared three groups of patients who had been treated at different periods in our coronary care unit to determine whether there has been any change in the clinical profile of such patients or their survival rates.…”
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“…There is little published evidence that the mortality rate of acute myocardial infarction is lower for patients treated in a coronary care unit than for those treated elsewhere, in groups of patients shown otherwise to have a similar probability of dying (Lindholm et al, 1976;Peterson, 1978). This is in spite of the fact that the earliest coronary care units were established over a decade and a half ago (Brown et al, 1963;Day, 1963;Wilburne and Fields, 1963), and notwithstanding numerous reports on the subject.…”
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