PEDIATRICS Vol. 11 No. 6 June 1953, pp. 628-633
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INCIDENCE OF HYPERTENSION IN POLIOMYELITIS

MEYER A. PERLSTEIN M.D.1, MORTON B. ANDELMAN M.D.1, DAVID C. ROSNER, M.D.1, and PAUL WEHRLE M.D.1

1 The Sarah Morris Hospital for Children, Michael Reese Hospital, and Municipal Contagious Disease Hospital, Chicago.

Hypertension is a frequent occurrence in poliomyelitis. In a 1950 epidemic in Chicago it occurred in about one-third of all cases.

Hypertension was generally of transitory nature, although in two instances it was prolonged.

Hypertension was three times more frequent in patients with paralysis than in nonparalytic patients. It was most common in respirator cases.

The incidence of hypertension was not related to the localization of paralysis, emotional factors, anoxia, sympathetic system involvement or kidney involvement. Therefore, it is inferred that it is probably of central origin.




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