TY  - JOUR
T1  - DIe soziale und klinische berechtigung zum künstlichen pneumothorax (pth.) im kampf gegen die tuberkulose.
Y1  - 1929/10/26
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1929.02710170064031
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1332
EP  - 1332
VL  - 93
IS  - 17
N2  - The author is far in advance of the Brauer school of twenty years ago in that he urges the early application of lung collapse, contrary to Brauer's dictum, which was that all other available means should have been tried before resorting to pneumothorax. Katz shows that much better results are being obtained now that the procedure is being instituted in early cases. He also draws attention to the fact that many patients, by reason of their scant means, are unable to spend a year or more in a sanatorium; impoverishment and loss of position are common results of a long drawn out "cure." While employers are frequently willing to help a tuberculous employee, they are not willing to pension him indefinitely. Artificial pneumothorax materially shortens the period of invalidism in many cases and is an important factor in the return of the patient to a fair wage earning capacity. The
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1929.02710170064031
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02710170064031
ER  -