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Anesthesia as therapy for persistent hiccups.

Peter Lierz1, Peter Felleiter

  • 1Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Marienkrankenhaus Soest, Germany. anaesthesie@marienkrankenhaus-soest.de

Anesthesia and Analgesia
|July 30, 2002
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Chronic hiccups are a difficult treatment problem. General anesthesia with positive-pressure ventilation and muscle relaxation offers a new therapeutic option when medications fail.

Area of Science:

  • Medical science
  • Anesthesiology
  • Gastroenterology

Background:

  • Chronic hiccups present a significant therapeutic challenge.
  • Conventional pharmacological treatments, including baclofen, carbamazepine, and gabapentin, may not always be effective.

Observation:

  • This study describes a novel approach for managing intractable hiccups.
  • The method involves the application of general anesthesia.

Findings:

  • General anesthesia, combined with positive-pressure ventilation and muscle relaxation, was employed.
  • This technique successfully terminated chronic hiccups in the described cases.

Implications:

  • This anesthetic approach provides an alternative for patients with chronic hiccups unresponsive to pharmacotherapy.

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  • It highlights the potential of anesthesia as a rescue therapy for refractory hiccups.