Hiccup in palliative care patients

Magdalena Badian; Tomasz Dzierżanowski

doi:10.5114/pm.2018.79792

eISSN: 2081-2833
ISSN: 2081-0016

Medycyna Paliatywna/Palliative Medicine

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Hiccup in palliative care patients

Magdalena Badian

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Tomasz Dzierżanowski

MEDYCYNA PALIATYWNA 2018; 10(2): 43-48

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pm.2018.79792

Online publish date: 2018/10/21

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Persistent hiccup is an annoying experience in palliative care patients, and it substantially decreases their quality of life. There are central and peripheral causes of a hiccup that require a different approach. The medicine of choice in centrally induced singultus is baclofen, while metoclopramide is recommended in the case of peripheral causes. Midazolam may be useful in a refractory hiccup. Intervention procedures, such as phrenic nerve blockade, should be considered in patients not responding to pharmaceutics.

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Hiccup in palliative care patients

Magdalena Badian , Tomasz Dzierżanowski

hiccup, palliative care, pharmacotherapy

Magdalena Badian

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Tomasz Dzierżanowski