Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

ROENTGEN THERAPY OF LOBAR PNEUMONIA

ROENTGEN THERAPY OF LOBAR PNEUMONIA In January 1933 I obtained from the physician in charge permission to try roentgen therapy on a patient who was ill with lobar pneumonia. Unable to find any references in the literature to guide me in dosage, I used a technic which had proved valuable in the treatment of carbuncles. However, I increased the filtration and skin-target distance, so as to irradiate more homogeneously the large mass of tissue that is involved in a consolidated pulmonary lobe. Within a few hours after the treatment the patient was relieved of much of his distress, and within twenty-four hours his tem- perature dropped by crisis. He then pursued an uneventful and complete convalescence. I have since used roentgen radiation in 104 cases of acute lobar pneumonia and in thirty cases of bronchopneumonia. Only five of the patients with lobar pneumonia died, and those with bronchopneumonia showed a reduction in mortality from 30 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

ROENTGEN THERAPY OF LOBAR PNEUMONIA

POWELL, EUGENE V.
JAMA , Volume 110 (1) – Jan 1, 1938
Download PDF
4 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/american-medical-association/roentgen-therapy-of-lobar-pneumonia-E4HmTxTH6z

References (1)

Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1938 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.1938.02790010021004
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

In January 1933 I obtained from the physician in charge permission to try roentgen therapy on a patient who was ill with lobar pneumonia. Unable to find any references in the literature to guide me in dosage, I used a technic which had proved valuable in the treatment of carbuncles. However, I increased the filtration and skin-target distance, so as to irradiate more homogeneously the large mass of tissue that is involved in a consolidated pulmonary lobe. Within a few hours after the treatment the patient was relieved of much of his distress, and within twenty-four hours his tem- perature dropped by crisis. He then pursued an uneventful and complete convalescence. I have since used roentgen radiation in 104 cases of acute lobar pneumonia and in thirty cases of bronchopneumonia. Only five of the patients with lobar pneumonia died, and those with bronchopneumonia showed a reduction in mortality from 30

Journal

JAMA – American Medical Association

Published: Jan 1, 1938

There are no references for this article.