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FATAL BRONCHIAL ASTHMA: REPORT OF SEVEN CASES

FATAL BRONCHIAL ASTHMA: REPORT OF SEVEN CASES Abstract Death rarely comes to patients in status asthmaticus. Thieme and Sheldon,1 summarizing the literature prior to 1937, counted only 43 cases with autopsy reports in which the patient died in an asthmatic paroxysm. They added 7 such cases and since then additional cases have been reported by Fowler2 and by Lamson and Butt.3 Of 56,000 admissions to the medical service of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1,378 represented those of 992 patients who had had either a primary or a secondary clinical diagnosis of bronchial asthma; of this number 49 died. Autopsies were performed on 23 of these 49 patients. In 7 of these 23 patients the clinical picture was that of status asthmaticus, the autopsy observations were consistent with bronchial asthma and no extrapulmonary cause of death was present. The 7 cases are herewith reported. CLINICAL FINDINGS The patients were all women between the ages of References 1. Thieme, E. T., and Sheldon, J. M.: Correlation of Clinical and Pathologic Findings in Bronchial Asthma , J. Allergy 9:246-269 ( (March) ) 1938.Crossref 2. Fowler, K.: Necropsy Studies on Two Patients Dying in Asthma , Pennsylvania M. J. 40:720-724 ( (June) ) 1937. 3. Lamson, R. W., and Butt, E. M.: Fatal "Asthma": Clinical and Pathologic Consideration of One Hundred and Eighty-Seven Cases , J. A. M. A. 108:1843-1850 ( (May 29) ) 1937.Crossref 4. Alexander, H. L., in discussion on Michael, P. P., and Rowe, A. H.: Pathology of Two Fatal Cases of Bronchial Asthma , J. Allergy 6:169 ( (Jan.) ) 1935.Crossref 5. Huber, H. L., in discussion on Michael, P. P., and Rowe, A. H.: Pathology of Two Fatal Cases of Bronchial Asthma , J. Allergy 6:170 ( (Jan.) ) 1935. 6. Waldbott, G. L.: Pathologic Changes in Asthmatic Infants , Am. J. Dis. Child. 49:1531-1539 ( (June) ) 1935. 7. Thompson, J. H., and Paddock, F. K.: The Significance of Charcot-Leyden Crystals , New England J. Med. 223:936-939 ( (Dec.) ) 1940.Crossref 8. Berkart, J. I. B.: Bronchial Asthma , London, J. & A. Churchill, 1889 9. Huber, H. L., and Koessler, K. K.: The Pathology of Bronchial Asthma , Arch. Int. Med. 30:689-760 ( (Dec.) ) 1922.Crossref 10. Mönckeberg: Zur pathologischen Anatomie des Bronchialasthmas , Verhandl. d. deutsch. path. Gesellsch. 14:173, 1909. 11. Marchand, F.: Beitrag zur Pathologie und pathologischen Anatomie des Bronchialasthmas , Beitr. z. path. Anat. u. z. allg. Path. 61:251, 1916. 12. Dehner, W.: Beitrag zur Pathologie des Asthma bronchiale , Klin. Wchnschr. 6:1412-1417 ( (July 23) ) 1927.Crossref 13. Kountz, W. B., and Alexander, H. L.: Death from Bronchial Asthma: Report of Three Cases , Arch. Path. 5:1003-1019 ( (June) ) 1928. 14. Antoniazzi, E.: Un caso mortale di asma bronchiale, con autopsia , Policlinico (sez. med.) 40:345-359 ( (June) ) 1933. 15. Vaughan, W. T.: Practice of Allergy , St. Louis, C. V. Mosby Company, 1939. 16. Rowe, A. H.: Clinical Allergy , Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1937. 17. Thieme and Sheldon.1 18. Smith, F. R.; Harter, J. S., and Alexander, H. L.: Observations on Circulation of Guinea Pigs During Bronchospasm , Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 25:803 ( (June) ) 1928. 19. Footnote deleted by author. 20. Alexander, H. L.; Luten, D., and Kountz, W. B.: Effects on Heart of Long-Standing Bronchial Asthma , J. A. M. A. 88:882-884 ( (March 19) ) 1927. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

FATAL BRONCHIAL ASTHMA: REPORT OF SEVEN CASES

Archives of Internal Medicine , Volume 67 (2) – Feb 1, 1941

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Abstract

Abstract Death rarely comes to patients in status asthmaticus. Thieme and Sheldon,1 summarizing the literature prior to 1937, counted only 43 cases with autopsy reports in which the patient died in an asthmatic paroxysm. They added 7 such cases and since then additional cases have been reported by Fowler2 and by Lamson and Butt.3 Of 56,000 admissions to the medical service of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1,378 represented those of 992 patients who had had either a primary or a secondary clinical diagnosis of bronchial asthma; of this number 49 died. Autopsies were performed on 23 of these 49 patients. In 7 of these 23 patients the clinical picture was that of status asthmaticus, the autopsy observations were consistent with bronchial asthma and no extrapulmonary cause of death was present. The 7 cases are herewith reported. CLINICAL FINDINGS The patients were all women between the ages of References 1. Thieme, E. T., and Sheldon, J. M.: Correlation of Clinical and Pathologic Findings in Bronchial Asthma , J. Allergy 9:246-269 ( (March) ) 1938.Crossref 2. Fowler, K.: Necropsy Studies on Two Patients Dying in Asthma , Pennsylvania M. J. 40:720-724 ( (June) ) 1937. 3. Lamson, R. W., and Butt, E. M.: Fatal "Asthma": Clinical and Pathologic Consideration of One Hundred and Eighty-Seven Cases , J. A. M. A. 108:1843-1850 ( (May 29) ) 1937.Crossref 4. Alexander, H. L., in discussion on Michael, P. P., and Rowe, A. H.: Pathology of Two Fatal Cases of Bronchial Asthma , J. Allergy 6:169 ( (Jan.) ) 1935.Crossref 5. Huber, H. L., in discussion on Michael, P. P., and Rowe, A. H.: Pathology of Two Fatal Cases of Bronchial Asthma , J. Allergy 6:170 ( (Jan.) ) 1935. 6. Waldbott, G. L.: Pathologic Changes in Asthmatic Infants , Am. J. Dis. Child. 49:1531-1539 ( (June) ) 1935. 7. Thompson, J. H., and Paddock, F. K.: The Significance of Charcot-Leyden Crystals , New England J. Med. 223:936-939 ( (Dec.) ) 1940.Crossref 8. Berkart, J. I. B.: Bronchial Asthma , London, J. & A. Churchill, 1889 9. Huber, H. L., and Koessler, K. K.: The Pathology of Bronchial Asthma , Arch. Int. Med. 30:689-760 ( (Dec.) ) 1922.Crossref 10. Mönckeberg: Zur pathologischen Anatomie des Bronchialasthmas , Verhandl. d. deutsch. path. Gesellsch. 14:173, 1909. 11. Marchand, F.: Beitrag zur Pathologie und pathologischen Anatomie des Bronchialasthmas , Beitr. z. path. Anat. u. z. allg. Path. 61:251, 1916. 12. Dehner, W.: Beitrag zur Pathologie des Asthma bronchiale , Klin. Wchnschr. 6:1412-1417 ( (July 23) ) 1927.Crossref 13. Kountz, W. B., and Alexander, H. L.: Death from Bronchial Asthma: Report of Three Cases , Arch. Path. 5:1003-1019 ( (June) ) 1928. 14. Antoniazzi, E.: Un caso mortale di asma bronchiale, con autopsia , Policlinico (sez. med.) 40:345-359 ( (June) ) 1933. 15. Vaughan, W. T.: Practice of Allergy , St. Louis, C. V. Mosby Company, 1939. 16. Rowe, A. H.: Clinical Allergy , Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1937. 17. Thieme and Sheldon.1 18. Smith, F. R.; Harter, J. S., and Alexander, H. L.: Observations on Circulation of Guinea Pigs During Bronchospasm , Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 25:803 ( (June) ) 1928. 19. Footnote deleted by author. 20. Alexander, H. L.; Luten, D., and Kountz, W. B.: Effects on Heart of Long-Standing Bronchial Asthma , J. A. M. A. 88:882-884 ( (March 19) ) 1927.

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