Article1 May 1948EXPERIENCE WITH THE SCHEMM REGIMEN IN THE TREATMENT OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILUREABBOTT A. NEWMAN, M.D., HAROLD J. STEWART, M.D., F.A.C.P.ABBOTT A. NEWMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HAROLD J. STEWART, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-28-5-916 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe introduction of the mercurial diuretics has been one of the great advances in the treatment of heart failure in recent years. This, coupled with the demonstration of safe rapid therapeutic digitalization and the adequate maintenance use of digitalis has prolonged the productive activity of patients with heart disease and has increased their life span. For many years restriction of salt and fluid intake has been accepted as a beneficial practice in the treatment of cardiac failure. The importance of the limitation of salt in controlling edema was again emphasized by Schroeder1in 1941. Proger, Ginsberg and Magendantz2in 1942...Bibliography1. SCHROEDER HA: Studies on congestive heart failure. I. The importance of the restriction of salt as compared to water, Am. Heart Jr., 1941, xxii, 141. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. PROGERGINSBERGMAGENDANTZ SEH: Effect of ingestion of excessive amounts of sodium chloride and water on patients with heart disease, Am. Heart Jr., 1942, xxiii, 255. Google Scholar3. SCHEMM FR: A high fluid intake in the management of edema, especially cardiac edema. I. The details and basis of the regime, Ann. Int. Med., 1942, xvii, 952. LinkGoogle Scholar4. SCHEMM FR: A high fluid intake in the management of edema, especially cardiac edema. II. Clinical observations and data, Ann. Int. Med., 1944, xxi, 937. Google Scholar5. SCHEMM FR: A high fluid intake regime in the management of edema, Journal Lancet, 1946, lxvi, 50. Google Scholar6. BRIDGESWHEELERWHITE WCEOPD: Low sodium diet and free fluid intake in the treatment of congestive heart failure, New Eng. Jr. Med., 1946, ccxxxiv, 573. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. WHEELERBRIDGESWHITE EOWCPD: Diet low in salt (sodium) in congestive heart failure, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1947, cxxxiii, 16. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. LEEVYSTRAZZAJAFFIN CMJAAE: Fluids in heart failure, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1946, cxxxi, 1120. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. GROLLMAN A: Physiological variations in the cardiac output of man. II. Changes in the cardiac output, metabolism, blood pressure, and pulse rate of man following the ingesting of fluids, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1929, lxxxix, 157. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. STEWARTCRANEWATSONWHEELERDIETRICK HJNFRFCHJE: The cardiac output in congestive heart failure and in organic heart disease, Ann. Int. Med., 1940, xiii, 2323. Google Scholar11. STEWARTDIETRICKCRANEWHEELER HJJENFCH: The action of digitalis in uncompensated heart disease, Arch. Int. Med., 1938, lxii, 569. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. ROWNTREEFITZGERAGHTY LGRJT: The effects of experimental passive congestion in renal function, Arch. Int. Med., 1913, xi, 120. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. MERRILL AJ: Edema and decreased renal blood flow in patients with chronic congestive heart failure, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1946, xxv, 389. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. WARRENSTEAD JVEA: Fluid dynamics in chronic congestive heart failure, Arch. Int. Med., 1944, lxxiii, 138. CrossrefGoogle 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 June 28, 1947.From the Department of Medicine of the New York Hospital and Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York.†Volunteer Fellow, Department of Medicine (Cardiology), 1946 to 1947. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited by�ber Hyponatri�mie-Syndrome und ihre Analyse durch Elektrolytbestimmung in ErythrocytenSt�rungen des Wasser- und Elektrolythaushalts bei diuretischer TherapieTherapie der HerzinsuffizienzAllgemeine Nebenwirkungen der diuretischen TherapieTherapieNewer concepts of the role of sodium in diseaseStudies on Congestive Circulatory Failure 1 May 1948Volume 28, Issue 5Page: 916-939KeywordsCardiovascular therapyDiureticsEdemaHeart failureHospital medicineSalts ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1948 PDF downloadLoading ...