THE CLINICAL APPLICATION OF THE DETERMINATION OF CIRCULATION TIME
Authors: Samuel Baer
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1940)

Article1 June 1940THE CLINICAL APPLICATION OF THE DETERMINATION OF CIRCULATION TIMESAMUEL BAER, M.D.SAMUEL BAER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-12-2246 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe estimation of the circulatory status of a patient is one of the most important problems the physician is called upon to face. Dyspnea, basal râles, tachycardia, hepatomegaly and peripheral edema usually indicate the presence of cardiac failure. But one may at times be sorely perplexed in determining whether the dyspnea complained of is cardiac, pulmonary or extrathoracic in origin; or whether the obvious pleural effusion is due to heart disease, thoracic tumor, malnutrition or hypertension.Two of the factors influencing the maintenance of circulatory efficiency are the minute output of the heart, and the velocity of blood flow. The...Bibliography1. BLUMGARTYENS HOC: Studies of blood flow, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1927, iv, 1. BLUMGART, H., and WEISS, S.: Velocity of blood flow, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1927, iv, 16, 149, 173, 399. BLUMGART, H.: Velocity of blood flow in health and disease, Medicine, 1931, x, 1. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. BAERSLIPAKOFF SBG: Measurement of circulation times and agents used in their determination, Am. Heart Jr., 1938, xvi, 29. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. GOLDBERG SJ: Use of calcium gluconate as a circulation time test, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1936, cxcii, 36. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. HITZIG W: Use of ether in measuring circulation times, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1934, xxxi, 935. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. TARROPPENHEIMERSAGER LBSRV: Circulation time determined by use of sodium dehydrocholate, Am. Heart Jr., 1933, viii, 766. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. FISHBERGHITZIGKING AMWFH: Measurement of circulation time with saccharin, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1933, xxx, 651. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. BERNSTEINSIMKINS MS: Use of magnesium sulphate in measurement of circulation time, Am. Heart Jr., 1939, xvii, 218. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. HITZIG W: Use of ether in measuring circulation times, Am. Heart Jr., 1935, x, 80. LIAN, C., and FACQUET, M.: Measurement of circulation times, Bull. Soc. med. d. hôp. de Paris, 1936, lii, 428. Google Scholar9. BAERISARD SH: Use of ether in measuring the arm-to-lung circulation time. (To be published.) Google Scholar10. STEWARTHEUER HJGJ: Measurement of circulation in adhesive pericarditis, Am. Heart Jr., 1939, xvi, 512. Google Scholar11. BAERSLIPAKOFFOPPENHEIMERHITZIGWEISSKLEINBART SBGBSWEM: Circulation times in chronic heart and lung disease, Penna. Med. Jr., 1938, xli, 1026. Google Scholar12. CHARRSAVACOOL RJ: Dyspnea in anthrasilicosis, Penna. Med. Jr., 1938, xlii, 35. Google Scholar13. BLUMGARTGARGILLGILLIGAN HSLDR: Velocity of blood flow in myxedema and thyrotoxicosis, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1930, ix, 91. MACY, J. W., CLAIBORNE, T. S., and HURXTHAL, T. M.: Circulation rate in relation to metabolism, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1936, xv, 37. GOLDBERG, S. J.: Circulation time as a diagnostic aid in hyperthyroidism, ANN. INT. MED., 1938, xi, 1818. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. BAERISARD SH: Circulation times and the basal metabolic rate. (To be published.) Google Scholar15. BLUMGARTGARGILLGILLIGAN HSLDR: Circulation time in anemia and polycythemia, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1931, ix, 679. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. WEBBSHEINFELDCOHN GWH: Importance in surgery of blood circulation time, Ann. Surg., 1936, civ, 460. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: SAMUEL BAER, M.D.Affiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Read at North End Medical Society, April 28, 1939.Received for publication July 18, 1939.From the Wards and Outpatient Departments of Jewish Hospital, Philadelphia.†Neo-Calglucon, supplied by Sandoz Chemical Works, Inc. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMèthodische Fortschritte und neue Ergebnisse indirekter photometrischer Untersuchungen bei Herz- und KreislaufkrankenDie Bedeutung unblutiger photoelektrischer Meßmethoden für die Herz- und KreislaufdiagnostikAlgunos aspectos de las cardiopatías y la mecánica circulatoria durante el embarazoDie Kreislaufzeitbestimmung mit FarbstoffenDetermination of the Circulation Time in Children by the Decholin MethodA case of tricuspid insufficiency with unusual venous pulsations in the extremities 1 June 1940Volume 13, Issue 12 Page: 2246-2252 Keywords Dyspnea Hepatomegaly Hypertension Lung and intrathoracic tumors Malnutrition Outpatient clinics Pleural effusion Pulmonary diseases Pulmonary hypertension Tachycardia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1940 PDF downloadLoading ...