TACHYCARDIA AND SENSITIVITY TO HEAT AS INDICATIONS FOR BASAL METABOLIC RATE DETERMINATION
Authors: Abe Ravin
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 September 1941TACHYCARDIA AND SENSITIVITY TO HEAT AS INDICATIONS FOR BASAL METABOLIC RATE DETERMINATIONABE RAVIN, M.D.ABE RAVIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-15-3-478 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince the principal function of the thyroid is to increase the oxidative processes in the body, patients with hyperthyroidism show an increase in their basal metabolism. Recognition of this fact by the medical profession has resulted in some abuse of a diagnostic procedure which should supplement and not replace clinical diagnosis. In recent years records in the Out-Patient Department of the Colorado General Hospital show that the number of basal metabolic rate determinations requested has mounted greatly without a corresponding increase in the percentage of abnormal tests. A study was undertaken, therefore, to determine if some physical sign or symptom...Bibliography1. READ JM: Correlation of basal metabolism with pulse rate and pulse pressure, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1922, lxxviii, 1887. Google Scholar2. GALEGALE AMCH: Estimation of the basal metabolic rate. From formula based on pulse rate and pulse pressure, Lancet, 1931, i, 1287. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. JENKINS RL: Basal metabolism. II. The basal pulse complex, Arch. Int. Med., 1932, xlix, 189. Google Scholar4. READBARNETT JMCW: New formula for prediction of basal metabolism from pulse rate and pulse pressure, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1934, xxxi, 732. Google Scholar5. COMROE BI: Estimation of basal metabolic rate from pulse rate and pulse pressure, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1935, cxc, 371. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. YATER WM: The tachycardia, time factor, survival period and seat of action of thyroxine in the perfused hearts of thyroxinized rabbits, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1931, xcviii, 338. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. MARKOWITZYATER CWM: Response of explanted cardiac muscle to thyroxine, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1932, c, 162. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. YATER WM: The mechanism of adjustment of the circulation in hyperthyroidism, Am. Heart Jr., 1932, viii, 1. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. STURGISTOMPKINS CCEH: A study of the correlation of the basal metabolism and pulse rate in patients with hyperthyroidism, Arch. Int. Med., 1920, xxvi, 466. Google Scholar10. PLUMMERBOOTHBY HSWM: The cost of work in exophthalmic goiter, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1922-23, lxiii, 406. Google Scholar11. ZONDEK H: The diseases of the endocrine glands, 3rd ed., 1935, William Wood & Company, Baltimore. Google Scholar12. MEANS JH: The thyroid and its diseases, 1937, J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar13. BILLINGS EG: Anxiety syndrome, Colo. Med., 1937, xxxiv, 14. Google Scholar14. MADDOCKCOLLER WGFA: The rôle of the extremities in the dissipation of heat, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1933, cvi, 589. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: ABE RAVIN, M.D.Affiliations: Denver, Colorado*Received for publication August 21, 1939.From the Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Hospitals, Denver, Colorado.†Dr. Billings, Director of the Psychiatric Liaison Department, by increasing our knowledge of the psychoneuroses and thus improving our differential diagnosis of hyperthyroidism, has also helped decrease the number of needless basal metabolic rate determinations. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 September 1941Volume 15, Issue 3 Page: 478-486 Keywords Biochemistry Hospital medicine Hyperthyroidism Outpatients Tachycardia Thyroid ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...