Intensive Coronary Care — A Practical System for a Small Hospital without House Staff

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Abstract
In 300 cases of proved infarction treated in a four-bed coronary unit of simple design and low cost in a small hospital without house staff, the death rate was 18 per cent (55 cases). Only 3 per cent of the deaths were due to arrhythmias. The death rate in "mild" cases was 7 per cent, and that of patients who arrived in the first 12 hours of the illness was 17 per cent. Eighteen of 19 patients with primary ventricular fibrillation survived.