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I. CORRELATION OF BASAL METABOLIC RATE AND BASAL PULSE RATE

JAMES H. SMITH, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1928;41(5):663-666.

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In 1920, Sturgis and Tompkins¹ reviewed the literature dealing with the relation between basal metabolism and resting pulse rate, and reported the results of their own study with special reference to hyperthyroidism. They found that a general parallelism existed between the basal metabolism and the pulse rate. In all but 16 per cent of 154 patients with hyperthyroidism, there was a tachycardia of 90 or more to the minute associated with a basal metabolism of + 15 per cent or more. On the other hand, they found that during complete rest a pulse rate below 90 per minute is seldom found and that below 80 per minute is rarely associated with an increase in metabolism.

Minot and Means² found that the amount of elevation in the pulse rate for a given elevation in the metabolic rate is essentially the same in hyperthyroidism and in chronic leukemia, and they infer that . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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