ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND ITS MANAGEMENT
Authors: T C GUTHRIE, J F KURTZKE, L BERLIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Article1 December 1952ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND ITS MANAGEMENTTHOMAS C. GUTHRIE, M.D., J. F. KURTZKE, M.D., LOUIS BERLIN, M.D.THOMAS C. GUTHRIE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, J. F. KURTZKE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, LOUIS BERLIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-6-1197 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe manifestations of acute multiple sclerosis are often fulminating and massively incapacitating but are also likely to subside completely.1 In some instances the illness may lead rapidly to death, although the fatal episode may have been preceded by lesser attacks which have subsided.2Several authors have described in considerable clinical detail acute, fatal attacks of multiple sclerosis.3The patients discussed have rapidly developed quadriplegia or bulbar dysfunctions or both prior to death. Occasionally they have been observed to be dyspneic or to evidence Cheyne-Stokes respiration. One author has made the undocumented statement that a patient with acute multiple sclerosis may...Bibliography1. Schumacher GA: Multiple sclerosis, J. A. M. A. 143: 1059 (July 22) 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Marburg O: Die sogenannte "akute multiple Sklerose" (Encephalomyelitis periaxialis scleroticans), Jahrb. f. Psychiat. u. Neurol. 27: 213, 1906. Google Scholar3. Riser GérardLavitry JS (a) : La sclérose en plaques aiguë, Presse méd. 46: 1193 (Aug. 3) 1938. (b) Marques, A.: Sobre la forma aguda de la ensclerosis en plaxas, Rev. neurol. de Buenos Aires 8: 271 (July) 1943. (c) Guillain, G., and Marquezy, R.: Le syndrome myéletique aiguë mode de términaison de la sclérose en plaques, Bull. et mém. Soc. méd. d. hôp. de Paris 48: 608, 1924. (d) Ronne, H., and Wimmer, A.: Akute disseminierte Sklerose, Deutsche Ztschr. f. Nervenh. 46: 56, 1913. (e) Rimbaud, L., Serre, H., Boucomont, J., and Godlowski, M.: Sclérose en plaques aiguë rapidement mortelle évoluant a un mois et dimi d'intervalle chez deux soeurs: rôle probable de la contagion, Rev. neurol. 69: 526 (May) 1938. (f) Nielsen, J. M.: A textbook of clinical neurology, 3rd Ed., 1951, Paul B. Hoeber, Inc., New York. (g) Merritt, H. H., and Wolf, A.: Clinical pathological conference, Neurology 2: 161 (Mar.-Apr.) 1952. Google Scholar4. Lichtenstein BW: A textbook of neuropathology, 1949, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar5. Von StorchLawyerHarris TJTAH: Colloidal gold reactions in multiple sclerosis, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 64: 668 (Nov.) 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. PlumWolff FHG: Observations on acute poliomyelitis with respiratory insufficiency, J. A. M. A. 146: 442 (June 2) 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication April 22, 1952.From Neurological Section, Veterans Administration Hospital, Bronx, N. Y.Read at Neurological Section, New York Academy of Medicine, March 11, 1952. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCharacteristics of Devic's disease (neuromyelitis optica) in MexicoSudden Death Due to Central Alveolar Hypoventilation Syndrome (Ondine's Curse) in a 39-Year-Old Woman With Heterotopia of the Inferior OliveAre the neurophysiological techniques useful for the diagnosis of diaphragmatic impairment in multiple sclerosis (MS)?VENTILATORY DYSFUNCTION IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSISNocturnal sleep study in multiple sclerosis: Correlations with clinical and brain magnetic resonance imaging findingsRespiratory failure and unilateral caudal brainstem infarctionAcute Respiratory Failure in Multiple SclerosisAcute ventilatory failure in multiple sclerosisMedullary lesion revealed by MRI in a case of MS with respiratory arrestSevere diaphragm weakness in multiple sclerosis. 1 December 1952Volume 37, Issue 6Page: 1197-1203KeywordsHospital medicineMultiple sclerosisRespirationRespiratory failure ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...