POLYCYTHEMIA SECONDARY TO RESPIRATORY DISTURBANCES IN POLIOMYELITIS
Authors: R M CHERNIACK, W B EWART, J A HILDES
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Article1 April 1957POLYCYTHEMIA SECONDARY TO RESPIRATORY DISTURBANCES IN POLIOMYELITISR. M. CHERNIACK, M.D., W. B. EWART, M.D., J. A. HILDES, M.D.R. M. CHERNIACK, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, W. B. EWART, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, J. A. HILDES, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-4-720 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlveolar hypoventilation has been demonstrated in patients with residual respiratory paralysis resulting from poliomyelitis.1Though the development of polycythemia has not been reported in such cases, its occurrence would be expected. This consideration led to a survey of the hematologic status of chronic poliomyelitic patients with residual respiratory paralysis. The findings of this survey (table 1) indicated that none of the hematologic values was definitely above the usually accepted upper limits of normal.2As a result, polycythemia could not be diagnosed with complete assurance in any of these patients. However, if polycythemia is considered to be an erythrocytosis secondary to...Bibliography1. LukasPlum DSF: Pulmonary function in patients convalescing from acute poliomyelitis with respiratory paralysis, Am. J. Med. 12: 388, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Wintrobe MM: Clinical hematology, 3rd Ed., 1951, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar3. King EJ: Micro-analysis in medical biochemistry, 2nd Ed., 1951, J. & A. Churchill, Ltd., London. Google Scholar4. BrinkmanJohnsDonosoRileyMcNamara GLCJHRLB: A modification of the method of Riley, Proemmel and Franke for determination of oxygen and carbon dioxide tensions in blood, J. Appl. Physiol. 7: 340, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Cherniack RM: The physical properties of the lung in chronic obstructive pulmonary emphysema, J. Clin. Investigation 35: 394, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. BlossomAffeldt RAJE: Chronic poliomyelitic respirator deaths, Am. J. Med. 20: 77, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. HurtadoMerinoDelgado ACE: Influence of anoxemia on the hematopoietic activity, Arch. Int. Med. 75: 284, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. BaldwinCournandRichards EdADW: Pulmonary insufficiency: physiological classification, clinical methods of analysis, standard values in normal subjects, Medicine 27: 243, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Winnipeg,*Received for publication July 10, 1956.From the Department of Physiology and Medical Research, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.†Markle Scholar in Medical Sciences.‡Fellow of National Research Council of Canada.Requests for reprints should be addressed to J. A. Hildes, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Medical Research, The University of Manitoba, Medical Buildings, Bannatyne and Emily Winnipeg,Canada. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySustained Improvement in Gas Exchange After Negative Pressure Ventilation for 8 Hours Per Day on 2 Successive Days in Chronic Airflow LimitationIntroductionPulmonary Heart DiseaseCor pulmonale in the syndrome of alveolar hypoventilationCardiopulmonary Insufficiency in Myotonic and Progressive Muscular DystrophyThrombophlebitis in Patients with Severe PoliomyelitisHypoventilation Syndrome in a Case of Chronic Epidemic Encephalitis 1 April 1957Volume 46, Issue 4Page: 720-727KeywordsChildrenHemoglobinHypercapniaHypoxiaParalysisPoliomyelitisPolycythemiaRespirationVentilators ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...