PHYSIOLOGICALLY DIRECTED THERAPY IN PNEUMONIA
Authors: Alvan L. Barach
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Article1 November 1942PHYSIOLOGICALLY DIRECTED THERAPY IN PNEUMONIAALVAN L. BARACH, M.D., F.A.C.P.ALVAN L. BARACH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-17-5-812 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe use of chemotherapy has made even more important an etiological classification in the diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia. Most cases of lobar pneumonia are due to organisms whose growth is stopped by sulfathiazole or sulfadiazine; in many instances similar organisms are the cause of bronchopneumonia. However, bronchopneumonia also occurs as a primary disease, the cause of which is obscure.1, 2The hypothesis considered most likely in a group of cases observed at the Presbyterian Hospital in the years 1938 and 1939 was that of virus etiology.3As Kneeland pointed out in 52 carefully analyzed cases, chemotherapy had no effect...Bibliography1. REIMAN H: The pneumonias, 1938, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia and London. Google Scholar2. LONGCOPE WT: Bronchopneumonia of unknown etiology, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1940, lxvii, 268. Google Scholar3. KNEELANDSMETANA YHF: Current broncho-pneumonia of unusual character and undetermined etiology, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1940, lxvii, 229-267. Google Scholar4. BARACHMARTINECKMAN ALJM: Positive pressure respiration and its application to the treatment of acute pulmonary edema, ANN. INT. MED., 1938, xii, 754. Google Scholar5. BARACH AL: The therapeutic use of helium, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvii, 1273. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. BARACH AL: Recent advances in inhalation therapy, New York State Jr. Med., 1937, xxxvii, 1. Google Scholar7a. BARACHECKMAN ALM: A mask apparatus which provides high oxygen concentrations with accurate control of the percentage of oxygen in the inspired air and without accumulation of carbon dioxide, Jr. Aviation Med., 1941, xii, 39-52. b. BARACH, A. L., and ECKMAN, M.: A physiologically controlled oxygen mask apparatus, Anesthesiology, 1941, ii, 420-426. Google Scholar8. RICHARDSBARACHCROMWELL DWALHA: Use of vaporized bronchodilator solutions in asthma and emphysema, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1940, cxcix, 225. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. BARACH AL: Physiological methods in the diagnosis and treatment of asthma and emphysema, ANN. INT. MED., 1938, xii, 454. Google Scholar10. BOOTHBYMAYOLOVELACE WMCWWR: The use of oxygen and oxygen-helium, with special reference to surgery, Surg. Clin. North Am., 1940, xx, 1107-1168. 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 December 23, 1941.From the Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the Presbyterian Hospital, New York City. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byNoninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure Not Related to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseNONINVASIVE POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILUREDie PneumonienPenicillin Inhalation TherapyPositive pressure respiration in the treatment of acute pulmonary edema 1 November 1942Volume 17, Issue 5Page: 812-819KeywordsChemotherapyHospital medicinePneumoniaSurgeons Issue Published: 1 November 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...