LOBAR PNEUMONIA; AN ANALYSIS OF 1298 CASES
Authors: J. Frederick Painton, Herbert J. Ulrich
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1937)

Article1 March 1937LOBAR PNEUMONIA; AN ANALYSIS OF 1298 CASESJ. FREDERICK PAINTON, M.D., F.A.C.P., HERBERT J. ULRICH, M.D.J. FREDERICK PAINTON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, HERBERT J. ULRICH, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-10-9-1345 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is our purpose to analyze the cases of lobar pneumonia in patients admitted to the Buffalo City Hospital from January 1, 1927, to December 31, 1935. During that period 106,374 patients were admitted to the hospital, and of that number 1298, or 1.2 per cent were considered to have lobar pneumonia. Only those cases were included which represented unquestionably typical lobar pneumonia after critical evaluation of clinical records, radiographic findings and postmortem records. Roentgenograms were made in 40 per cent of the cases in this series, while necropsies were performed on 37 per cent of those patients dying of...Bibliography1. CECILPLUMMERMCCALL RLWM: Pneumococcus type III in pneumonia, an analysis of 500 cases, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1936, cxci, 305-319. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Statistical Bulletin, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, December, 1934. Google Scholar3. Bulletin of New York State Department of Health, "Clinical Aspects of Pneumonia," 1936. Google Scholar4. Communication from Health Department, Buffalo, New York. Google Scholar5. . Annual Meteorological Summary. 1935. Google Scholar6. MUSSER JH: Internal medicine, 1932, p. 147, 151. Google Scholar7. FITZ R: Diagnosis of lobar pneumonia, New Eng. Med. Jr., 1929, cc, 1015-1020. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. CECIL RL: A textbook of medicine, 1934, p. 16-45; 1930, p. 20. Google Scholar9. BLAKECECIL FGRL: Studies on experimental pneumonia, Jr. Exper. Med., 1920, xxxi, 403-445; 1921, xxxii, 691-719. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. MCCRAE : Osler's principles and practice of medicine, 1935, p. 76, 84. Google Scholar11. WARRALPERIN OSJ: Lobar pneumonia, ANN INT. MED., 1933, vi, 1474-1488. LinkGoogle Scholar12. CORYLLOSBIRNBAUM PNGL: Snydrome of pneumococcic bronchial obstruction; experimental production of atelectasis or lobar pneumonia with human pneumonic sputum: suggestion for preventive and therapeutic treatment, Arch. Int. Med., 1933, li, 290-323. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. BROOKS H: Cause of death in pneumonia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, ciii, 1192-1196. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. RYLE JA: Prognosis of lobar pneumonia, Lancet, 1934, ii, 154-155. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. WEINSTEINGOODMAN AM: Delayed resolution in lobar pneumonia, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1934, clxxxviii, 716-721. Google Scholar16. JOULES H: Primary pneumonia, a two year survey of cases treated non-specifically, British Med. Jr., 1933, i, 455-457. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. COHNLEWIS AEWH: Lobar pneumonia and digitalis, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1935, clxxxix, 457-482. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Buffalo, New York*Received for publication September 4, 1936.From the Medical Service of the Buffalo City Hospital and the Department of Medicine, University of Buffalo.†The Buffalo City Hospital in many respects resembles the Bellevue Hospital, being a municipal general hospital which receives and treats chiefly indigent patients suffering from all types of disease. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Epidemiology of Alcohol Abuse and PneumoniaAlcohol intake is associated with altered pulmonary functionThe Role Of Alcohol in Severe Pneumonia and Acute Lung InjuryReduction of circulating granulocytes induced by type 1 pneumococcal cell walls in New Zealand white rabbitsAlcoholism, infection and altered host defenses: A review of clinical and experimental observationsAlcohol, Infection, and the Lung 1 March 1937Volume 10, Issue 9Page: 1345-1364KeywordsHospital medicineMedical servicesPneumonia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1937 PDF downloadLoading ...