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The Effect of Conversion to Regular Sinus Rhythm; A Preliminary Report

JACK SOKOLOW, M.D.; LAWRENCE I. KAPLAN, M.D.; HOWARD A. RUSK, M.D.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1956;97(1):73-78.

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In recent years much of the literature has been devoted to the magnitude of the problem of the cardiac patient. The treatment and growing number of cardiacs who are partially disabled as a result of myocardial infarction, decompensation, etc., have been viewed with growing concern by physicians throughout the nation.

Of 61,000 people rehabilitated in 1953 using the services of the State vocational rehabilitation agencies, 4.3% were cardiacs as opposed to 10.9% with tuberculosis, on the basis of a return to gainful employment or improved work status.

In 1952 Benton and Rusk¹ stated that 90% of hemiplegics can be retrained and, of these, about one-third can be productively placed. The enormous importance of effective rehabilitation becomes obvious in the light of these statistics.

The experiences in the Work Classification Unit at Bellevue Hospital in New York City have shown that cardiacs can work, and Benton and Rusk have further . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
New York

Footnotes
Submitted for publication July 11, 1955.

New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; U. S. Public Health Fellows (Dr. Sokolow and Kaplan) and Director, Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Dr. Rusk).

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