Persistent postoperative hiccups: a review
| Autor: | J. Rosenberg, B. J. Hansen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors business.industry Subphrenic abscess General Medicine Neurological disorder HIPO model medicine.disease Hiccup Surgery Postoperative Complications Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Gastric Distention Anesthesia medicine Reflex Etiology Humans medicine.symptom business Complication Hiccups |
| Zdroj: | Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 37:643-646 |
| ISSN: | 1399-6576 0001-5172 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1993.tb03781.x |
| Popis: | The pathogenesis of persistent postoperative hiccups is not known. Hiccups can present as a symptom of a subphrenic abscess of gastric distention, and metabolic alterations may also cause hiccups. The hiccups may develop because of increased activity in neural reflex pathways not yet fully defined. Numerous treatment modalities have been tried but with questionable success. Valproate has proven effective in two trials investigating persistent non-surgical hiccups. The simple application of a nasogastric tube may successfully treat the hiccups, possibly because of an alteration of the activity in the reflex neural pathways involved. The available literature on the treatment of persistent hiccups is reviewed, and a treatment protocol for persistent postoperative hiccups is provided. |
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