HEART FAILURE OR ACUTE NEPHRITIS WITH ONSET ABOUT THREE WEEKS AFTER DELIVERY
Authors: J. H. Musser, W. A. Sodeman, R. H. Turner
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 December 1938HEART FAILURE OR ACUTE NEPHRITIS WITH ONSET ABOUT THREE WEEKS AFTER DELIVERYJ. H. MUSSER, M.D., F.A.C.P., W. A. SODEMAN, M.D., R. H. TURNER, M.D.J. H. MUSSER, M.D., F.A.C.P., W. A. SODEMAN, M.D., R. H. TURNER, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-6-739 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe vast literature of the abnormal puerperium concerns itself almost entirely with complications immediately preceding labor, during labor, and in the first ten days postpartum. Those complications manifested later, especially with an interval of apparent health before their development, have received but little consideration. A group of cases representing such puerperal complications has been seen in the Tulane medical unit of the Charity Hospital of Louisiana. At least two distinct groups have been recognized, (1) patients without evidence of disease until the puerperal period, who, within three to five days following delivery, developed signs of sepsis, followed in 14 to...Bibliography1. ROCKWOODMUSSEYKEITH RRDNM: The clinical study of nephritis in cases of pregnancy, Surg., Gynec. and Obst., 1926, xlii, 342. Google Scholar2. RITCHEY JO: Report of a case of puerperal sepsis with nephritis, Indianapolis Med. Jr., 1918, xxi, 590. Google Scholar3. ELWYN H: Nephritis, 1926, Macmillan, New York. Google Scholar4. FISHBERG AM: Hypertension and nephritis, 1934, 3rd ed., Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. STIEGLITZ EJ: Nephritis in pregnancy, Am. Jr. Obst. and Gynec., 1931, xxi, 26. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. HARECOLEBROOK RL: Biochemical reactions of hemolytic streptococci from the vagina of febrile and afebrile parturient women, Jr. Path. and Bact., 1934, xxxix, 429. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. DELEE JB: Principles and practice of obstetrics, 5th ed., Saunders, Philadelphia. Google Scholar8. JOHNSTONE RW: Postpartum eclampsia, Jr. Obst. and Gynec. British Empire, 1910, xvii, 41. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. HERRMANNKING GEL: Cardiovascular disturbances in the obstetrical patient, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xcv, 1472. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. HULLHAFKESBRING CE: "Toxic" postpartal heart disease, New Orleans Med. and Surg. Jr., 1937, lxxxix, 550. Google Scholar11. STANDERCADDEN HJJF: The cardiac output in pregnant women, Am. Jr. Obst. and Gynec., 1932, xxiv, 13. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. CARRHAMILTON BFBE: Five hundred women with serious heart disease followed through pregnancy and delivery, Am. Jr. Obst. and Gynec., 1933, xxvi, 824. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. GOULEYMCMILLANBELLET BATMS: Idiopathic myocardial degeneration associated with pregnancy and especially the Puerperium, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1937, cxciv, 185. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. MASTERJAFFEDACK AHLS: The electrocardiogram in acute nephritis, Am. Heart Jr., 1936, xii, 244. Google Scholar15. VILLARETST. GIRONSGRELLETY-BOSVIEL MFP: Peripheral venous tension, Presse Méd., 1923, xxxi, 318. Google Scholar16. STIEGLITZ EJ: Hypertension in pregnancy, Arch. Int. Med., 1927, xxxix, 465. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New Orleans, Louisiana*Received for publication December 9, 1937.From The Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, and The Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAetiology and risk factors of peripartum cardiomyopathy: A systematic reviewPeripartum cardiomyopathies: A reviewCardiomyopathy Diagnostic Criteria and ClassificationPostpartum hypertensive heart failureThe effect of prolonged bed rest on postpartal cardiomyopathyPostpartale HerzkrankheitMATERNITY AND MYOCARDIAL FAILURE IN AFRICAN WOMENPostpartum heart diseasePOST-PARTUM HEART DISEASEIdiopathic Myocardial Failure in the Last Trimester of Pregnancy and the PuerperiumCardiac hypertrophy of unknown causeCardiac changes in pregnancy unrelated to the usual etiological types of heart disease 1 December 1938Volume 12, Issue 6Page: 739-753KeywordsHeart failureHospital medicineNephritisSepsis Issue Published: 1 December 1938 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright, 1938, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...