COMMON GASTROINTESTINAL EMERGENCIES AND THEIR MEDICAL ASPECTS
Authors: George B. Eusterman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 September 1938COMMON GASTROINTESTINAL EMERGENCIES AND THEIR MEDICAL ASPECTSGEORGE B. EUSTERMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.GEORGE B. EUSTERMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-3-306 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDiseases or disorders which may give rise to gastrointestinal disturbances of sufficient gravity to constitute an emergency may be roughly classified as follows: (1) acute inflammatory diseases of the abdominal viscera and their complications, such as peritonitis, obstruction, intussusception, torsion, perforation and abscess formation; (2) complications involving chronic lesions, especially of the upper part of the digestive tract; the most important of these are acute perforation, obstruction and hemorrhage; (3) disease or dysfunction of extra-abdominal organs in which the symptoms are predominantly of gastrointestinal nature, and (4) complications which arise during treatment or follow operation and which are chiefly toxic...References1. ABELL I: Acute abdominal catastrophies, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1937, cix, 1241-1245. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. BARDENRAVDINFRAZIER RPISWD: Hypoproteinemia as a factor in the retardation of gastric emptying after operations of the Billroth I or II types, Am. Jr. Roentgenol. and Radium Therap., 1937, xxxviii, 196-202. Google Scholar3. BOTHEBEARDWOOD FAJT: The evaluation of abdominal symptoms in the diabetic, Ann. Surg., 1937, cv, 516-520. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. CHRISTIANSEN T: Biochemical changes in the organism produced by massive intra-intestinal hemorrhage, Rev. Gastro-Enterol., 1937, iv, 166-180. Google Scholar5. COLLERDICKMADDOCK FAVSWG: Maintenance of normal water exchange with intravenous fluids, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvii, 1522-1527. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. DIETRICH KD: Differential diagnosis between gastro-enteritis and appendicitis, Radiol. Rev., 1937, lix, 203-209. Google Scholar7. FALCONERLYALL MAA: The requirements of sodium chloride, Brit. Med. Jr., 1937, ii, 1116-1118. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. FALCONERLYALL MAA: Blood chemistry in intestinal obstruction: changes in response to treatment, Lancet, 1937, ii, 1472-1477. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. GRAHAM RR: The treatment of perforated duodenal ulcers, Surg., Gynec. and Obst., 1937, lxiv, 235-238. Google Scholar10. GUERRY LG: Quoted by Singer, H. A. Google Scholar11. HARTMANN AF: The prevention and treatment of severe disturbances in water and electrolyte balance, Jr. Iowa State Med. Soc., 1937, xxvii, 451-457. Google Scholar12. HILDEBRANDT A: Quoted by Singer, H. A. Google Scholar13. JONESEATON CMFB: Postoperative nutritional edema, Arch. Surg., 1933, xxvii, 159-177. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. KEPLER EJ: Diagnosis and treatment of the emergencies associated with disease of some of the ductless glands, Med. Clin. North Am. (In press.) Google Scholar15. KIRK E: Treatment of non-diabetic acidosis with intravenous injection of isotonic sodium bicarbonate solution, Acta med. Scand. (Suppl.), 1936, lxxviii, 936-941. Google Scholar16. KLOSTERMEYER W: Die akute Gastritis unter den Erscheinungen einer Ulkus-Perforation, München. med. Wchnschr., 1937, i, 695-697. Google Scholar17. MADDOCKCOLLER WGFA: Water balance in surgery, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1937, cviii, 1-6. Google Scholar18. MECRAYBARDENRAVDIN PMRPIS: Nutritional edema: its effect on the gastric emptying time before and after gastric operations, Surgery, 1937, i, 53-64. Google Scholar19. MEULENGRACHT E: Treatment of haematemesis and melaena with food: the mortality, Lancet, 1935, ii, 1220-1222. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20. SINGER HA: Morphine as an aid in diagnosing acute abdominal affections, Am. Jr. Surg., 1936, xxxiv, 5-11. CrossrefGoogle Scholar21. WILLIUS FA: Angina pectoris and surgical conditions of the abdomen, Ann. Surg., 1924, lxxix, 524-532. CrossrefGoogle Scholar22. WITTS LJ: Haematemesis and melena, Brit. Med. Jr., 1937, i, 847-852. CrossrefGoogle Scholar23. ZIEROLD AA: Quoted by Singer, H. A. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Rochester, Minnesota*Read before the annual meeting of The American College of Physicians, New York, New York, April 8, 1938.From the Division of Medicine, the Mayo Clinic. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAbstracts 1 September 1938Volume 12, Issue 3Page: 306-316KeywordsAbscessesGastrointestinal tractHemorrhageLesionsPeritonitis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1938 PDF downloadLoading ...