WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN THE TREATMENT OF LIVER DISEASE
Authors: I F TULLIS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Article1 January 1956WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN THE TREATMENT OF LIVER DISEASEI. FRANK TULLIS, M.D., F.A.C.P.I. FRANK TULLIS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-44-1-133 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the treatment of liver disease, clinicians in recent years have agreed rather well on the general value of rest, nutritious diet and, where there is a history of alcoholism, abstinence from alcohol. But this is a broad statement, and one can immediately ask the question, How strict should the rest program be and just what should constitute the nutritious diet? Further, one must determine the true importance of many other factors that have come on the scene: vitamins, lipotropic substances, adrenal hormones, testosterone, low sodium diet, intravenous amino acids, intravenous serum albumin, and various elective surgical procedures. With this...Bibliography1. KlatskinYesner GR: Factors in the treatment of Laennec's cirrhosis. I. Clinical and histological changes observed during a control period of bed-rest, alcohol withdrawal, and a minimal basic diet, J. Clin. Investigation 28: 723-735, 1949. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. BarkerCappsAllen MHRBFW: Acute infectious hepatitis in the Mediterranean Theater, J. A. M. A. 128: 997, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SwiftGardnerMooreStreitfeldHavens WEHTDJFHWP: Clinical course of viral hepatitis and the effect of exercise during convalescence, Am. J. Med. 8: 614-622, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. 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(Presented before the Tennessee Regional Meeting, American College of Physicians, Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 11, 1955.)From the Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Management of Severe Viral HepatitisZur Therapie diffuser hepatocellulärer Erkrankungen (Hepatitis, Cirrhose usw.) 1 January 1956Volume 44, Issue 1Page: 133-143KeywordsAlcoholsDietHepatitis AHepatitis EIngestionLiver diseasesNutritionProteinsTestosteroneVitamins ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...