Abstract
When in 1963 Day launched his concept (1) for intensive coronary care, he probably was unaware that this was the only moment at which a prospective comparative trial with random allocation to the ‘new’ treatment and the ‘old’ could have been carried out with full justification. It is sad that no one designed such a trial, but not surprising, given the similar history of other medical innovations. Yet the results of such a study might have prevented the current unrest about the usefulness of the coronary care unit (CCU).
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Hugenholtz, P.G. et al. (1981). Hemodynamic Monitoring in Coronary Care Units. In: Maseri, A., Marchesi, C., Chierchia, S., Trivella, M.G. (eds) Coronary Care Units. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8247-5_3
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