Hipo (singultus): revisión de 24 casos

Background: Although common and usually benign, hiccups can be an extremely uncomfortable disease. There is not much information about persistent and refractory hiccups. Aim: To report clinical features of patients admitted in a hospital due to hiccup. Patients and Methods: A retrospective study and...

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Autores principales:	Martínez Rey,Carmen, Villamil Cajoto,lago
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2007
Materias:	Diaphragm Digestive system neoplasms Hiccup; Nervous system neoplasms Spasm
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720070009000062008-05-30Hipo (singultus): revisión de 24 casosMartínez Rey,CarmenVillamil Cajoto,lago Diaphragm Digestive system neoplasms Hiccup; Nervous system neoplasms Spasm Background: Although common and usually benign, hiccups can be an extremely uncomfortable disease. There is not much information about persistent and refractory hiccups. Aim: To report clinical features of patients admitted in a hospital due to hiccup. Patients and Methods: A retrospective study and prospective follow up of patients admitted for hiccup in Hospital Clínico de Santiago de Compostela between January 1998 and May 2005. Results: Twenty four patients (age 47 to 91 years, 23 males) were studied. Nineteen (79%) were admitted because of persistent hiccups. In twenty one patients, at ¡east one organic etiology was identified, and thirteen patients presented two or more possible associated conditions. The most common possible causes were digestive tract disorders, followed by central nervous system diseases. Twelve patients had a history of exposure to drugs that potentially could cause hiccups, mainly corticosteroids and benzodiazepines. Chlorpromazine was the first choice treatment in 23 patients, but seven required a second line drug. Average hospital stay was 13 days (range 3-90 days). Twelve patients died during follow up. Death occurred during the first three months of follow up in 61%. Conclusions: Persistent hiccup is often associated with organic conditions, specially advanced tumors of the digestive tract. It is usually associated with a bad prognosisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.135 n.9 20072007-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872007000900006es10.4067/S0034-98872007000900006
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collection	Scielo Chile
language	Spanish / Castilian
topic	Diaphragm Digestive system neoplasms Hiccup; Nervous system neoplasms Spasm
spellingShingle	Diaphragm Digestive system neoplasms Hiccup; Nervous system neoplasms Spasm Martínez Rey,Carmen Villamil Cajoto,lago Hipo (singultus): revisión de 24 casos
description	Background: Although common and usually benign, hiccups can be an extremely uncomfortable disease. There is not much information about persistent and refractory hiccups. Aim: To report clinical features of patients admitted in a hospital due to hiccup. Patients and Methods: A retrospective study and prospective follow up of patients admitted for hiccup in Hospital Clínico de Santiago de Compostela between January 1998 and May 2005. Results: Twenty four patients (age 47 to 91 years, 23 males) were studied. Nineteen (79%) were admitted because of persistent hiccups. In twenty one patients, at ¡east one organic etiology was identified, and thirteen patients presented two or more possible associated conditions. The most common possible causes were digestive tract disorders, followed by central nervous system diseases. Twelve patients had a history of exposure to drugs that potentially could cause hiccups, mainly corticosteroids and benzodiazepines. Chlorpromazine was the first choice treatment in 23 patients, but seven required a second line drug. Average hospital stay was 13 days (range 3-90 days). Twelve patients died during follow up. Death occurred during the first three months of follow up in 61%. Conclusions: Persistent hiccup is often associated with organic conditions, specially advanced tumors of the digestive tract. It is usually associated with a bad prognosis
author	Martínez Rey,Carmen Villamil Cajoto,lago
author_facet	Martínez Rey,Carmen Villamil Cajoto,lago
author_sort	Martínez Rey,Carmen
title	Hipo (singultus): revisión de 24 casos
title_short	Hipo (singultus): revisión de 24 casos
title_full	Hipo (singultus): revisión de 24 casos
title_fullStr	Hipo (singultus): revisión de 24 casos
title_full_unstemmed	Hipo (singultus): revisión de 24 casos
title_sort	hipo (singultus): revisión de 24 casos
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2007
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Hipo (singultus): revisión de 24 casos

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