CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND HYPONATREMIA: UNTOWARD EFFECTS OF MERCURIAL DIURESIS
Authors: D CITRON, B BERCU, R LEMMER, E MASSIE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Article1 April 1951CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND HYPONATREMIA: UNTOWARD EFFECTS OF MERCURIAL DIURESISDAVID CITRON, M.D., BERNARD BERCU, M.D., RICHARD LEMMER, M.D., EDWARD MASSIE, M.D., F.A.C.P.DAVID CITRON, M.D., BERNARD BERCU, M.D., RICHARD LEMMER, M.D., EDWARD MASSIE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-4-872 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRecent literature concerning the treatment of congestive heart failure has emphasized dietary salt restriction and the frequent use of mercurial diuretics.1, 2In fact, the statement has been made that in severe heart failure mercurial diuretics may be of more importance than digitalis.3That these measures hasten the removal of edema fluid and are essential for the proper management of many patients with chronic heart failure has been incontrovertibly demonstrated. 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Received for publication August 25, 1949.From the Departments of Internal Medicine and Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, and the Heart Station, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. 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