EXCRETION OF UROBILINOGEN IN THE URINE IN INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS
- 1 August 1947
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1908)
- Vol. 80 (2) , 175-184
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1947.00220140031003
Abstract
ALTHOUGH it has been known for many years that the Ehrlich reaction for urobilinogen in the urine and feces is a sensitive test of hepatic dysfunction,1not until recently has there been a simple quantitative method for its determination. In 1944 Watson and others described a simple quantitative method for measuring the urinary excretion of urobilinogen. During the active phases of the Pacific campaign, in a hospital in Guadalcanal, we had the opportunity of comparing this test with several other sensitive tests of hepatic function in the study of 120 cases of infectious hepatitis. We attempted to determine whether or not this test could be used in assisting clinical judgment to decide when convalescence should be terminated. Most of our patients were seen after jaundice had developed and were followed during the period of convalescence to complete recovery or to the point at which it was evident that theirThis publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: