THE PROBLEM OF MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION AND ITS TREATMENT BY SPLANCHNIC RESECTION

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Article1 April 1948THE PROBLEM OF MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION AND ITS TREATMENT BY SPLANCHNIC RESECTIONMAX M. PEET, M.D., EMIL M. ISBERG, M.D., Assoc.MAX M. PEET, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, EMIL M. ISBERG, M.D., Assoc.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-28-4-755 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMuch too frequently the clinician's interest in the problem of malignant hypertension has been one of diagnostic curiosity only. He has accepted both a hopeless prognosis and his personal inadequacy to cope with this dreadful disease. So he concerns himself with the problem of differential diagnosis, follows his patient to the autopsy room, and then takes pride in his capability for having differentiated this disease from terminal glomerulonephritis.It is indeed important that the clinical entity of malignant hypertension be recognized. Diagnosis must be reached without temporization. However, once the diagnosis is made, arrangements for treatment by splanchnic resection should...Bibliography1. KEITHWAGENERBARKER NMHPNW: Some different types of essential hypertension: their course and prognosis, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1939, cxcvii, 332. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. HODGESEYSTER PCJA: Estimation of cardiac area in man, Am. Jr. Roent., 1924, xii, 252. Google Scholar3. HODGESEYSTER FJJA: Estimation of transverse cardiac diameter in man, Arch. Int. Med., 1926, xxxvii, 707. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. LASHMETNEWBURGH FHLH: An improved concentration test of renal function, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1932, xcix, 1936. Google Scholar5. ISBERGNEWBURGH EMLH: An 18-hour concentration test of kidney function, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1946, ccxi, 701. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. PEETISBERG MMEM: The surgical treatment of arterial hypertension, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1946, cxxx, 467. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. ISBERGPEET EMMM: The influence of supradiaphragmatic splanchnicectomy on the heart in hypertension, Am. Heart Jr. To be published. Google Scholar8. PAGE IH: A clinical study of malignant hypertension, Ann. Int. Med., 1939, xii, 978. Google Scholar9. TAYLORKOHLSTAEDTRICHTERPAGE RDKGABIH: Differential diagnosis of terminal glomerulonephritis and malignant hypertension. II. Cardiac aspects, Ann. Int. Med., 1944, xxi, 765. Google Scholar10. FLAXMAN N: The treatment of hypertension. Comparison of mortality in medically and surgically treated cases, Ann. Int. Med., 1944, xx, 120. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication May 5, 1947.From the Section of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical School and Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySYMPATHO-ADRENAL SURGERY IN THE MALIGNANT PHASE OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION*SAMUEL T. R. REVELL JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., FRANCIS J. BORGES, M.D., GEORGE H. YEAGER, M.D., F.A.C.S., JAMES G. ARNOLD JR., M.D., RICHARD I. AHLQUIST JR., M.D.THE MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION*MAURICE SOKOLOW, M.D., F.A.C.P., MARY F. SCHOTTSTAEDT, M.D. 1 April 1948Volume 28, Issue 4Page: 755-767KeywordsHypertension ePublished: 14 March 2020 Issue Published: 1 April 1948 PDF downloadLoading ...