Anesthesia as therapy for persistent hiccups.
Chronic hiccups may be a serious therapeutic problem. Pharmacological treatment with increasing dosages of baclofen, carbamazepine, or gabapentin is not always successful. In this paper, the use of general anesthesia with positive-pressure ventilation and muscle relaxation for the termination of chronic hiccups is described.
Lierz
Peter
P
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Marienkrankenhaus Soest, Germany. anaesthesie@marienkrankenhaus-soest.de
Felleiter
Peter
P
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006606:Hiccup / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged