title: Management of intractable hiccup.
abstract: A patient who developed hiccups after laparotomy was treated with numerous drugs with limited success. A left phrenic nerve crush was eventually successful. A review of published work showed that the drugs most likely to succeed were chlorpromazine and metoclopramide, and that phrenic nerve injection and crush should be considered if these failed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006606:Hiccup / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008787:Metoclopramide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009409:Nerve Crush; D010791:Phrenic Nerve / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D008787:Metoclopramide; D002746:Chlorpromazine