IATROGENIC SALT DEPLETION
Authors: H. J. L. M.
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Editorial1 July 1953IATROGENIC SALT DEPLETIONH. J. L. M.H. J. L. M.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-39-1-152 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the past several years we have developed important means of exploring and influencing our ionic equilibrium. Notable developments include the radioactive isotopes, the ion exchange resins (still much more useful in industry than in medicine), the vogue of salt restriction, the widespread use of potent diuretics and the clinical appreciation of hypokalemia and the low salt syndromes.With the ever increasing employment of the principle of salt restriction or elimination in patients with congestive heart failure, hypertension, cirrhosis of the liver, nephrotic syndromes and other edematous states, it seems worth while to review the circumstances that favor and the...1 Holley HL: The salt depletion syndrome, Southern Med. J. 45: 153, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2 CatanzaroOstfeldBergner FJAMGE: Occurrence of low salt syndrome during treatment with chloramphenicol, J. A. M. A. 149: 571, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3 McCance RA: Experimental sodium chloride deficiency in man, Proc. Roy. Soc., Lond., s.B. 119: 245, 1936. Google Scholar4 JaffeMasterDorrance HLAMW: The salt depletion syndrome following mercurial diuresis in elderly persons, Am. J. M. Sc. 220: 60, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5 Schroeder HA: Renal failure associated with low extracellular sodium chloride. The low salt syndrome, J. A. M. A. 141: 117, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6 McLesterHolley JSHL: Salt depletion syndrome with increasing edema occurring during mercurial diuretic therapy, Ann. Int. Med. 36: 562, 1952. LinkGoogle Scholar7 Vogl A: Diuretic therapy, 1953, The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore. Google Scholar8 StockMudgeNurnberg RJGHMJ: Congestive heart failure. Variations in electrolyte metabolism with salt restriction and mercurial diuretics, Circulation 4: 54, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9 Citron D: Congestive heart failure and hyponatremia: untoward effects of mercurial diuresis, Ann. Int. Med. 34: 872, 1951. LinkGoogle Scholar10 Welt LG: Edema and hyponatremia, Arch. Int. Med. 89: 931, 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11 Kattus AA: Recent developments in the therapy of edema, Med. Clin. North Am. 36: 953, 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 ElkingtonSquiresBluemle JRRDLW: The distribution of body fluids in congestive heart failure. IV. Exchanges in patients, refractory to mercurial diuretics, treated with sodium and potassium, Circulation 5: 58, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13 Schwartz WB: The role of electrolyte balance in the response to mercurial diuretics in congestive heart failure, Bull. New Eng. Med. Cent. 12: 213, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar14 SchwartzWallace WBWM: Electrolyte equilibrium during mercurial diuresis, J. Clin. Investigation 30: 1089, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15 HaldHeinsenPeters PMAJJP: The estimation of serum sodium from bicarbonate plus chloride, J. Clin. Investigation 26: 983, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar16 GillDuncan RJGG: Arterial hypertension—the therapeutic effect of cation-exchange resins, New Eng. J. Med. 247: 271, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar17 GreenmanShalerDanowski LJBTS: Biochemical disturbances and clinical symptoms during prolonged exchange resin therapy in congestive heart failure, Am. J. Med. 14: 391, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar18 Weston RE: Metabolic studies on the effects of ion exchange resins in edematous patients with cardiac and renal disease, Am. J. Med. 14: 404, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar19 Editorial: Hyperchloremic acidosis following ureterosigmoidostomy, J. A. M. A. 152: 334, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar20 Weston RE: Mechanisms contributing to unresponsiveness to mercurial diuretics in congestive failure, J. Clin. Investigation 31: 901, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar21 Lown B: Interrelation between potassium and digitalis toxicity in heart failure, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med. 76: 797, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar22 Blumgart HL: Action of diuretic drugs. I. Action of diuretics in normal persons, Arch. Int. Med. 54: 40, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 July 1953Volume 39, Issue 1Page: 152-157KeywordsCirrhosisDiureticsHeart failureHypertensionLiverSalts ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...