MANAGEMENT OF EDEMA
Authors: Charles A. Elliott
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1933)

Article1 August 1933MANAGEMENT OF EDEMACHARLES A. ELLIOTT, M.D., F.A.C.P.CHARLES A. ELLIOTT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-2-240 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe discovery that certain forms of edema are readily influenced by diet and by other therapeutic measures is one of the important contributions to clinical medicine of the past decade.A certain small amount of fluid normally exists in the intercellular spaces of the body. When it accumulates in quantity it is called edema. Edema may be local or general, hidden or grossly manifest. Fluid may accumulate in the serous cavities as a part of the general process with no essential difference in mechanism. Edema may occur in clinical conditions that are apparently quite dissimilar—in inflammation, allergic states, anemia, malnutrition,...References1. PETERS JP: Salt and water metabolism in nephritis, Medicine, 1932, xi, 435-535. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. LEITER L: Experimental edema, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1928, xxvi, 173. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. BARKERKIRK MHEJ: Experimental edema (nephrosis) in dogs in relation to edema of renal origin in patients, Arch. Int. Med., 1930, xlv, 319-346. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. SHELBURNEEGLOFF SAWC: Experimental edema, Arch. Int. Med., 1931, xlviii, 51-69. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. HARTMANNSENNNELSONPERLEY AFMJMVAM: The use of acacia in the treatment of edema, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1933, c, 251-254. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. SHERMAN HC: Chemistry of food and nutrition, Fourth Edition, 1932, Macmillan Co., New York. Google Scholar7. BARKER MH: Edema as influenced by a low ratio of sodium to potassium intake; clinical observations, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1932, xcviii, 2195-2197. Google Scholar8. CHRISTIANBARTRAM HAEA: Experimental observations of the action of diuretics, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., 1932, xlvii, 293. Google Scholar9. HERMANNSTONESCHWAB GCTEH: Some studies on the mechanism of diuresis in patients with congestive heart failure, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., 1932, xlvii, 279. Google Scholar10. BARKERO'HARE MHJP: The use of salyrgan in edema, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xci, 2060-2064. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. EUSTERMANKEITH GBNM: Transient methemoglobinemia following administration of ammonium nitrate, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1929, xii, 1489-1496. Google Scholar12. TARR L: Transient methemoglobinemia due to ammonium nitrate, Arch. Int. Med., 1933, li, 38. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Read before the American College of Physicians, Montreal, Canada, February 9, 1933.From the Medical Department, Northwestern University Medical School and Passavant Memorial Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 August 1933Volume 7, Issue 2Page: 240-244KeywordsAnemiaBody fluidsDietEdemaInflammationMalnutrition ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1933 PDF downloadLoading ...