Blood Concentration Changes in Influenza

The haemodynamics of human septic shock*

“…They felt that haemoconcentration was a significant contributor to the poor outcome in pneumonia and should be treated by venesection and fluids [59]. In 1928, Eppinger and Schu Èrmeyer demonstrated that the cause of surgical, haemorrhagic and traumatic shock was a decreased plasma volume that responded to volume loading, and that a decreased circulating blood volume also occurred in acute infectious disease [60].…”

The Treatment of Circulatory Failure

“…As there is a tendency to lessened chlorides in the blood, salt solution is useful. As patients who are so ill that they need intravenous treatment do not take much by mouth, 10 per cent solution of dextrose is useful. There is one flaw in this treatment.…”

Current Comment

“…This appointment was made in compliance with the request received by the Board of Trustees from the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine of Panama for the cooperation of the American Medical Association. 3 …”