PULMONARY EMBOLISM: ITS INCIDENCE AT NECROPSY IN RELATION TO PERIPHERAL THROMBOSIS
Authors: J M SPITZER, N ROSENTHAL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Article1 November 1949PULMONARY EMBOLISM: ITS INCIDENCE AT NECROPSY IN RELATION TO PERIPHERAL THROMBOSISJ. M. SPITZER, M.D., NORMAN ROSENTHAL, M.D., MURRAY WEINER, M.D., SHEPARD SHAPIRO, M.D.J. M. SPITZER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, NORMAN ROSENTHAL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MURRAY WEINER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SHEPARD SHAPIRO, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-5-884 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe most dangerous complication of venous thrombosis is pulmonary embolism, with its mortality of about 20 per cent.1 Such embolism has been reported by Barnes3 to be responsible for 34,000 deaths in this country each year. Knauer2 has reported fatal pulmonary embolism in 2.5 per cent of 33,558 autopsies. Hunter4 found that over 50 per cent of older people confined to bed evidenced thrombosis of the deep leg veins, with pulmonary emboli from these veins accounting for over 3 per cent of all deaths.The factors which determine whether a thrombus will or will not embolize are not fully understood....Bibliography1. JORPES JE: Heparin in the treatment of thrombosis, 2nd Ed., 1946, Oxford University Press, London, page 149. Google Scholar2. KNAUER JG: Acute cor pulmonale: discussion of literature and report of case successfully treated with oxygen, Bull. Am. Acad. Tuberc. Phys., 1939, iii, 36. Google Scholar3. BARNES AR: The problem of pulmonary embolism, West. Jr. Surg., 1942, l, 551. Google Scholar4. HUNTERSNEEDENROBERTSONSNYDER WCVDTDGA: Thrombosis of deep veins of leg: its clinical significance as exemplified in 351 autopsies, Arch. Int. Med., 1941, lxviii, 1. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. UNGERWEINERSHAPIRO PNMS: The vitamin K tolerance test, Am. Jr. Clin. Path., 1948, xviii, 835. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. HOMANS J: Circulatory diseases of the extremities, 1939, Macmillan Co., New York. Google Scholar7. FLOODREDISHBOCIEKSHAPIRO EPMHSJS: Thrombophlebitis migrans disseminata: report of case in which gangrene of breast occurred. Observations on therapeutic use of Dicumarol (3,3′ methylenebis-(4-hydroxycoumarin)), N. Y. State Jr. Med., 1943, xliii, 1121. Google Scholar8. SHAPIRO S: Unpublished data. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: J. M. SPITZER, M.D.; NORMAN ROSENTHAL, M.D.; MURRAY WEINER, M.D.; SHEPARD SHAPIRO, M.D.Affiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication October 28, 1948.From the Third (New York University) Division, Goldwater Memorial Hospital, Welfare Island, New York 17, N. Y., and the Department of Medicine, New York University College of Medicine, New York, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byKlinik und Diagnostik der akuten LungenembolieThe Liver and Blood Coagulation: Physiology and PathologyBlood Coagulation and Plasma Fibrinolysis in Geriatric Patients with Decreased Liver FunctionPharmacological Considerations of Antithrombotic TherapyCORONARY THROMBOSIS, CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT AND PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN LEPROSY*JOSEPH H. ROGERS, M.D.Cor pulmonaleCor pulmonaleVermehrung der F�lle von Thrombose und Lungenembolie und ihre UrsachenDie �tiologie der VenenthromboseDie Zirkulationsstörungen der LungePeripheral Vascular Diseases 1 November 1949Volume 31, Issue 5Page: 884-888KeywordsAutopsyHospital medicineMortalityPulmonary embolismThrombosisVeins ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...