Skip to main content
PMC home page
The Journal of Clinical Investigation logoLink to The Journal of Clinical Investigation
. 1958 Jul;37(7):1049–1060. doi: 10.1172/JCI103686

Pulmonary Function in Obese Persons1,2

George N Bedell 1, William R Wilson 1, Paul M Seebohm 1
PMCID: PMC1062767  PMID: 13563634

Full text

PDF
1049

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. AUCHINCLOSS J. H., Jr, COOK E., RENZETTI A. D. Clinical and physiological aspects of a case of obesity, polycythemia and alveolar hypoventilation. J Clin Invest. 1955 Oct;34(10):1537–1545. doi: 10.1172/JCI103206. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. BICKELMANN A. G., BURWELL C. S., ROBIN E. D., WHALEY R. D. Extreme obesity associated with alveolar hypoventilation; a Pickwickian syndrome. Am J Med. 1956 Nov;21(5):811–818. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(56)90094-8. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. BLAKEMORE W. S., FORSTER R. E., MORTON J. W., OGILVIE C. M. A standardized breath holding technique for the clinical measurement of the diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide. J Clin Invest. 1957 Jan;36(1 Pt 1):1–17. doi: 10.1172/JCI103402. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. BURWELL C. S. The care of the patient. N Engl J Med. 1956 May 17;254(20):944–947. doi: 10.1056/NEJM195605172542005. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. CARROLL D. A peculiar type of cardiopulmonary failure associated with obesity. Am J Med. 1956 Nov;21(5):819–824. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(56)90095-x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. COMROE J. H., Jr, FOWLER W. S. Lung function studies. VI. Detection of uneven alveolar ventilation during a single breath of oxygen. Am J Med. 1951 Apr;10(4):408–413. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(51)90285-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. COUNIHAN T. B. Heart failure due to extreme obesity. Br Heart J. 1956 Jul;18(3):425–426. doi: 10.1136/hrt.18.3.425. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Cournand A., Baldwin E. D., Darling R. C., Richards D. W. STUDIES ON INTRAPULMONARY MIXTURE OF GASES. IV. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PULMONARY EMPTYING RATE AND A SIMPLIFIED OPEN CIRCUIT MEASUREMENT OF RESIDUAL AIR. J Clin Invest. 1941 Nov;20(6):681–689. doi: 10.1172/JCI101261. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Darling R. C., Cournand A., Richards D. W. STUDIES ON THE INTRAPULMONARY MIXTURE OF GASES. III. AN OPEN CIRCUIT METHOD FOR MEASURING RESIDUAL AIR. J Clin Invest. 1940 Jul;19(4):609–618. doi: 10.1172/JCI101163. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. ESTES E. H., Jr, SIEKER H. O., MCINTOSH H. D., KELSER G. A. Reversible cardiopulmonary syndrome with extreme obesity. Circulation. 1957 Aug;16(2):179–187. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.16.2.179. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. FISHMAN A. P., TURINO G. M., BERGOFSKY E. H. The syndrome of alveolar hypoventilation. Am J Med. 1957 Sep;23(3):333–339. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(57)90314-5. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. GREIFENSTEIN F. E., KING R. M., LATCH S. S., COMROE J. H. Pulmonary function studies in healthy men and women 50 years and older. J Appl Physiol. 1952 Feb;4(8):641–648. doi: 10.1152/jappl.1952.4.8.641. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. LILLINGTON G. A., ANDERSON M. W., BRANDENBURG R. O. The cardiorespiratory syndrome of obesity. Dis Chest. 1957 Jul;32(1):1–20. doi: 10.1378/chest.32.1.1. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. PRASAD A. S., WEIL M. H. Polycythemia of obesity: further studies of its mechanism and a report of two additional cases. Ann Intern Med. 1957 Jan;46(1):60–67. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-46-1-60. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. RATTO O., BRISCOE W. A., MORTON J. W., COMROE J. H., Jr Anoxemia secondary to polycythemia and polycythemia secondary to anoxemia. Am J Med. 1955 Dec;19(6):958–965. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(55)90162-5. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. RICHTER T., WEST J. R., FISHMAN A. P. The syndrome of alveolar hypoventilation and diminished sensitivity of the respiratory center. N Engl J Med. 1957 Jun 20;256(25):1165–1170. doi: 10.1056/NEJM195706202562501. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. SEIDE M. J. Heart failure due to extreme obesity; report of a case, with autopsy findings. N Engl J Med. 1957 Dec 19;257(25):1227–1230. doi: 10.1056/NEJM195712192572507. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  18. SORIANO A. Q., DURHAM J. R., Jr Pickwickian syndrome. Del Med J. 1957 Jun;29(6):153–154. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  19. WEIL M. H. Polycythemia associated with obesity. J Am Med Assoc. 1955 Dec 24;159(17):1592–1595. doi: 10.1001/jama.1955.02960340012003. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Journal of Clinical Investigation are provided here courtesy of American Society for Clinical Investigation

RESOURCES