On the diagnostic value of the Kaufman test in gynecological practice

The most important in determining the preoperative state of the patient is the state of the cardiovascular system, the disorder of which is one of the most common causes of unexpected death. Up to 70 different methods have been proposed to test the performance of the circulatory system, but none of them can be a truly reliable method for diagnosing and predicting the state of the heart and the entire cardiovascular system. All these methods are based on changes in blood pressure and respiration from the side of the pulse and do not have sufficient accuracy. In 1921, Kaufman proposed a method with diuresis to detect latent cardiac decompensation. The visible manifestations of physical decompensation of the heart are preceded by an invisible latent stage. One of the visible manifestations of heart failure is edema, but it can also be in a latent (latent) stage that cannot be clinically taken into account, since our body is able to keep up to 6 liters of water in excess of the norm without visible edema (Vidal).