A renal transplant patient with intractable hiccups and review of the literature

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 86-88

  Rosenberger, Joroslav ^a   Veseliny, E ^b   Bena, L ^a   Roland, R ^a  

^a FACULTY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Corticosteroids; Esophagitis; Hiccups; Pulmonary abscess; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OMEPRAZOLE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CADAVER DONOR; CANDIDA; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HICCUP; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS; CADAVER; ESOPHAGITIS; HICCUP; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLEUROPNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STEROIDS;

EID: 25144467370     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2005.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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