Persistent hiccups during rehabilitation hospitalization: Three case reports and review of the literature

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1013-1018

  Schuchmann, John A ^a,b   Browne, Barry A ^a,b  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Hiccoughs; Hiccups; Postoperative; Singultus; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CHLORPROMAZINE; GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HICCUP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMINES; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEMORRHAGE; HICCUP; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37349006135     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181152152     Document Type: Review

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