A renal transplant patient with intractable hiccups and review of the literature.
Intractable hiccups in transplanted patients may be caused by various medical conditions including infections. We report a case of a 44-year-old man who suffered from intractable hiccups after cadaveric kidney transplantation. We identified 3 different hiccup periods with different causes: 1) steroid and anesthetics use, 2) severe ulcerose herpetic and mycotic esophagitis, and 3) pleuropneumonia caused by nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis and pulmonary abscess requiring thoracic surgery.
Rosenberger
J
J
Transplantation Department, Faculty Hospital of L. Pasteur, Kosice, Slovak Republic. rosenberger_jaro@hotmail.com
Veseliny
E
E
Bena
L
L
Roland
R
R
D000328:Adult; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D002102:Cadaver; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D006606:Hiccup / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D011001:Pleuropneumonia / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D011023:Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects; D013256:Steroids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects
D000777:Anesthetics; D013256:Steroids