COLLAPSE THERAPY AT CHICAGO MUNICIPAL TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUM
- 8 July 1939
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 113 (2) , 101-108
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800270001001
Abstract
In the May 7, 1938, issue ofThe Journal, under Current Comment,1with reference to an article on fatality trends by G. D. Drolet, the commentator expressed surprise at Drolet's conclusion that the surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis had little effect on the case fatality rates of the tuberculous population. "This constitutes a surprising statistical conclusion in view of the apparent individual effectiveness of such measures as pneumothorax. Further analytic studies should be made before it can be safe to conclude that therapeutic measures in pulmonary tuberculosis are as ineffective as they appear to be statistically." We are in complete agreement with this sentiment and wholeheartedly endorse the necessity for further analytic studies on collapse. Such a study is offered in this paper, a study of all the patients treated with collapse who were registered at the City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium from Jan. 1, 1931, to JulyKeywords
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