Electrocardiographic Changes After Acute Loss of Blood

Article1 March 1944ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES AFTER ACUTE LOSS OF BLOODDAVID SCHERF, M.D., S. D. KLOTZ, M.D.DAVID SCHERF, M.D., S. D. KLOTZ, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-3-438 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptChanges in the electrocardiogram following sudden blood loss have been observed with increasing frequency. The pioneer observations were casual and isolated, and the alterations were not distinguished from those noted in chronic anemias.1, 3, 7, 11, 19 The abnormal electrocardiogram was usually ascribed to the anemia.Recently Scherf, Reinstein and Klotz17reported abnormal electrocardiograms after profuse hemorrhage in gastric ulcer. The tracing was altered in 11 of 16 such cases, and the changes were pronounced in eight of them. The electrocardiogram became normal again within a few days. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication September 17, 1942.From the Department of Medicine of the New York Medical College, Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals (Metropolitan Hospital Service). 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