MORTALITY RATES IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. II. A PROPOSED METHOD FOR MEASURING QUANTITATIVELY SEVERITY OF ILLNESS ON ADMISSION TO THE HOSPITAL
Authors: S SCHNUR
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Article1 November 1953MORTALITY RATES IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. II. A PROPOSED METHOD FOR MEASURING QUANTITATIVELY SEVERITY OF ILLNESS ON ADMISSION TO THE HOSPITALSIDNEY SCHNUR, M.D., F.A.C.P.SIDNEY SCHNUR, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-39-5-1018 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn any clinical investigation whose purpose is to gauge the effect of therapy upon the mortality rate, it is axiomatic that treated and control groups must first be equivalent in all factors affecting prognosis if the study is to yield sound and valid conclusions. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication March 20, 1953.From the Department of Medicine, Baylor University College of Medicine, and the Jefferson Davis Hospital, Houston, Texas. 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THE "NORMAL" YEARLY VARIATION, AND THE EFFECT OF HOSPITAL ADMISSION POLICY*SIDNEY SCHNUR, M.D., F.A.C.P. 1 November 1953Volume 39, Issue 5Page: 1018-1025KeywordsAcute myocardial infarctionDeath ratesHospital medicineMortality ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...