REPORT OF A CASE OF STATUS ASTHMATICUS WITH AUTOPSY

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Case Reports1 July 1937REPORT OF A CASE OF STATUS ASTHMATICUS WITH AUTOPSYJOSEPH R. WISEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.JOSEPH R. WISEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-1-212 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCASE REPORTMrs. E. H., a housewife, aged 40, entered the University Hospital, October 16, 1935, complaining of severe asthma.Her mother, aged 77, has arteriosclerosis. Her father died at 50 of heart trouble. One brother is living and well; no sibs have died. She has four living children, one of whom has diabetes for which insulin is taken; one child died at four of nephrosis. No allergic family history could be obtained. The patient lived in Syracuse, New York all of her life except for two trips to Florida in 1925 and 1927. In childhood she had measles, mumps,...Bibliography1. COHENRUDOLPH MBJA: The use and abuse of drugs in asthma, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1932, xcviii, 1864. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. JACKSON DE: The pharmacology of bronchial asthma, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1915, i, 126. Google Scholar3. FEINBERG SM: Allergy in general practice, 1934, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 126. Google Scholar4. SOLLMANN T: A manual of pharmacology, 1932, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, p. 296. Google Scholar5. BARACH AL: Use of helium in the treatment of asthma and obstructive lesions in the larynx and trachea, ANN. INT. MED., 1935, ix, 739. Google Scholar6. BARACH AL: The therapeutic use of helium, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvii, 1273. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. MAYTUMPRICKMANBOOTHBY CKLEW: Use of helium and oxygen in the treatment of severe intractable asthma, Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clin., 1935, x, 785. Google Scholar8. HUEBERKOESSLER HLKK: The pathology of bronchial asthma, Arch. Int. Med., 1922, xxx, 689. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. COCAWALZERTHOMMEN AFMAA: Asthma and hay fever, 1931, C. C. Thomas, Springfield, Ill., p. 136 to 170. Google Scholar10. MICHAELROWE PPAH: The pathology of two fatal cases of bronchial asthma, Jr. Allergy, 1935, vi, 150. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. ALEXANDER HL: Discussion of paper by Michael and Rowe, Jr. Allergy, 1935, vi, 169. Google Scholar12. KOUNTZALEXANDER WBHL: Death from bronchial asthma, Arch. Path., 1928, v, 1003. Google Scholar13. BUBERTWARNER HMJG: Fatal asthma, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1935, civ, 1469. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. WRIGHT CB: Death from bronchial asthma, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xciv, 1218. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. HARKAVY J: Observations of fatal bronchial asthma, Jr. Allergy, 1930, i, 1434. Google Scholar16. MURPHYCASE JAEA: Sudden death from bronchial asthma, Jr. Allergy, 1930, i, 434. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. COOKE RA: Infective asthma, indication of its allergic nature, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1932, clxxxiii, 309. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. KOEFF AK: Ploetzlicher Tod bei Asthma Bronchiale; Thesis, Leipzig, 1930. (Cites 26 cases from the literature.) Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Syracuse, New York*Received for publication November 5, 1936. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDeaths from asthmaPulmonary pathology with special emphasis on bronchial asthmaRecent developments in asthma and hay fever 1 July 1937Volume 11, Issue 1Page: 212-221KeywordsAsthmaAutopsyChildrenHeartInsulinMeaslesMumps ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1937 PDF downloadLoading ...