TUBERCULOSIS AMONG STUDENT NURSES: A FIVE YEAR STUDY AT BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
Authors: J. Burns Amberson, H. Mcleod Riggins
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1936)

Article1 August 1936TUBERCULOSIS AMONG STUDENT NURSES: A FIVE YEAR STUDY AT BELLEVUE HOSPITALJ. BURNS AMBERSON JR., F.A.C.P., H. MCLEOD RIGGINSJ. BURNS AMBERSON JR., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, H. MCLEOD RIGGINSSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-10-2-156 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThis study was undertaken to collect accurate information about the incidence of tuberculosis among student nurses, to test the efficacy of a system of early diagnosis and case finding, and to measure the results of a rather rigid system of rest treatment in the cases found. Previously, like many others, we had observed a great deal of tuberculosis in nurses but could only infer its duration, rate of progression and relation to hospital service. Such inferences do not answer obviously important questions. A planned study is necessary, and this must be continued for a period of years. Because of the...References1. DUBLIN LI: The mortality from tuberculosis, 1935, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York. Google Scholar2. FELLOWS HH: Personal communication, 1936. Google Scholar3. WHITNEY JS: Death rates by occupation, 1934, National Tuberculosis Association, New York. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Presented at the Detroit meeting of the American College of Physicians, March 6, 1936.From the Tuberculosis Service of the First Medical Division of Bellevue Hospital and the Department of Practice of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byImmunological mechanisms of human resistance to persistent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infectionDeveloping vaccines to prevent sustained infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis : Conference proceedingsUse of the tuberculin skin test in childrenTumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Stimulates Killing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Human NeutrophilsThe Tuberculosis Pandemic Today: Routes of Transmission and New Target GroupsThe Tuberculosis Pandemic Today: Routes of Transmission and New Target GroupsIssues Facing TB Control (4.1) Nosocomial Tuberculosis Transmission — Problems of Health Care WorkersTuberculin sensitivity and tuberculosis in 1,779 nursesTHE HEALTH OF NURSES IN HOSPITALProgressive Primary Tuberculosis in the Adult and Its Differentiation from Lymphomas and Mycotic InfectionsPRIMARY TUBERCULOUS INFECTION IN NURSESClinical studies on the harmlessness of andtuberculin reactivity following B C G vaccination by the multiple puncture methodDiagnostic Problems of TuberculosisShould Non-Tuberculous Lung Diseases be Treated in the Tuberculosis Sanatorium?Tuberculosis Control: Methods For Finding Tuberculosis In The Minimal Stage 1 August 1936Volume 10, Issue 2Page: 156-165KeywordsHospital medicineInformation technologyMedical servicesSurgeons ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1936 PDF downloadLoading ...