RESULTS FROM THE MANAGEMENT OF BLEEDING GASTRIC AND DUODENAL ULCER
Authors: T. Grier Miller
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 September 1941RESULTS FROM THE MANAGEMENT OF BLEEDING GASTRIC AND DUODENAL ULCERT. GRIER MILLER, M.D., F.A.C.P.T. GRIER MILLER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-15-3-390 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe purpose of this presentation is to direct attention to a dramatic improvement in some of the recently reported results from the treatment of profusely bleeding gastric and duodenal ulcer. This has followed the application to that emergency of a principle already well established in the management of uncomplicated ulcer: that of prompt, frequent and reasonably adequate feeding. Designed originally by Lenhartz and by Sippy to control the restlessness and the acidity of the empty stomach and so promote simple ulcer healing, the therapy based on this principle also tends, in the bleeding case, to stop the hemorrhage and, when...References1. MILLERELSOM TGKA: The management of massive hemorrhage from peptic ulcer, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1938, xxii, 1711. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. CHIESMAN WE: Mortality of severe hemorrhage from peptic ulcers, Lancet, 1932, ii, 722. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. FINSTERER H: Operative treatment of severe gastric hemorrhage of ulcer origin, Lancet, 1936, ii, 303. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. NICHOLSONMILLER JTTG: The prompt-feeding program for bleeding gastric and duodenal ulcer: a report on 32 cases and an analysis of 1396 cases. (In press.) Google Scholar5. MEULENGRACHT E: Treatment of hematemesis and melena, Proceedings of 16th Scandinavian Congress for Internal Medicine, 1933, Arch. Med. Scand. Supp., 1934, lix, 375. Google Scholar6. ANDRESEN AF: The treatment of gastric hemorrhage, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1927, lxxxix, 1397. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. ANDRESEN AF: Results of treatment of massive gastric hemorrhage, Am. Jr. Digest. Dis., 1939, vi, 641. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. MEULENGRACHT E: Medical treatment of peptic ulcer and its complications, Brit. Med. Jr., 1939, ii, 321. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. WITTS LJ: Hematemesis and melena, Brit. Med. Jr., 1937, i, 847. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. BLALOCK A: Trauma; occupational diseases and hazards; shock and hemorrhage, Bull. N. Y. Acad. Med., 1936, xii, 610. Google Scholar11. CULLINANPRICE ERRK: Hematemesis following peptic ulceration; prognosis and treatment, St. Barth. Hosp. Rep., 1932, lxv, 185. Google Scholar12. JONES FA: Hematemesis and melena. Observations on the use of continuous drip transfusions, Brit. Med. Jr., 1939, i, 915. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. WOLDMAN EE: The treatment of massive gastroduodenal hemorrhage by the continuous administration of colloidal aluminum hydroxide, Am. Jr. Digest. Dis., 1941, viii, 39. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. LINEBERRYISSOS EDDN: Treatment of massive hemorrhage from duodenal or gastric ulcer, South. Med. Jr., 1937, xxx, 1228. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. ABBOTTPENDERGRASS WOEP: Intubation studies of the human small intestine: V. The motor effects of single clinical doses of morphine sulphate in normal subjects, Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1936, xxxv, 289. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Read at the Boston meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 21, 1941.From the Gastro-Intestinal Section (Kinsey-Thomas Foundation) of the Medical Clinic University of Pennsylvania Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTreatment of Peptic UlcerThe prompt-feeding program for bleeding gastric and duodenal ulcer: A report on thirty-two cases and an analysis of 1396 recorded cases 1 September 1941Volume 15, Issue 3Page: 390-394KeywordsDuodenal ulcersGastric ulcersGastroenterology and hepatologyHemorrhageHospitalsStomachUlcers ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...