THE PROLONGED USE OF MERCURIAL DIURETICS IN HEART FAILURE; REPORT OF A PATIENT WHO RECEIVED 627 INJECTIONS
Authors: Meyer Friedenson
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Case Reports1 February 1944THE PROLONGED USE OF MERCURIAL DIURETICS IN HEART FAILURE; REPORT OF A PATIENT WHO RECEIVED 627 INJECTIONSMEYER FRIEDENSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.MEYER FRIEDENSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-2-306 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDiuretics have by now won a definite place in the management of chronic congestive heart failure, and innumerable patients have been treated with different substances for years without apparent deleterious effects.Miller and Feldman1 have shown how urea can be advantageously used over long periods of time. One of our patients6 consumed over 300 pounds in six years. Other substances, especially the ammonium and the potassium salts, have also been employed for many years, chiefly as adjuvants to the mercurials.Instances are becoming more and more common in which hundreds of injections have been given to individual patients over periods...Bibliography1. MILLERFELDMAN HRA: Prolonged use of massive doses of urea in cardiac dropsy, Arch. Int. Med., 1932, xlix, 464. Google Scholar2. SMITH C: The use of salyrgan in one patient over a period of three years, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, cii, 532. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. WISEMAN JR: The prolonged use of salyrgan as a diuretic, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1932, xcix, 114. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. FINEBERG MH: Mercurial diuretics in cardiac failure, Am. Heart Jr., 1939, xvii, 494. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. FRIEDENSON M: Intensive ambulatory treatment of patients suffering from advanced cardiac insufficiency, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1933, xvii, 241. Google Scholar6. FRIEDENSON M: Advanced cardiac insufficiency; results of intensive ambulatory treatment with diuretic measures, New York State Jr. Med., 1935, xxxv, 165. Google Scholar7. NOTH PH: Pick's disease, a record of eight years' treatment with salyrgan, ammonium nitrate, and abdominal paracentesis, Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clin., 1937, xii, 513. Google 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 May 28, 1942.From the Medical Division, Montefiore Hospital for Chronic Diseases, New York City. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byQuecksilberhaltige DiureticaTreatment of the Patient With Refractory Heart FailureTHE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME DURING THE COURSE OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE*JOHN M. THAYER, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM J. GLECKLER, M.D., F.A.C.P., ROBERT O. HOLMES, M.D.Therapie der HerzinsuffizienzA rat diuretic screening procedureREACTIONS TO THE ORGANOMERCURIAL COMPOUNDSDiscussion: Diuresis and DiureticsThe status of mercurial diuretics for the treatment of congestive heart failureFatal Toxic Nephrosis Following the Administration of Mercurial Diuretics 1 February 1944Volume 20, Issue 2Page: 306-310KeywordsDiureticsHeart failurePotassiumSaltsUrea ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1944 PDF downloadLoading ...