TY - JOUR
T1 - Lidocaine for Severe Hiccups
AU - Dunst, Mordecai N.
AU - Margolin, Kim
AU - Horak, David
PY - 1993/9/16
Y1 - 1993/9/16
N2 - To the Editor: The pharmacologic approaches to the treatment of severe hiccups include the use of chlorpromazine, carbamazepine, nifedipine, baclofen, metoclopramide, haloperidol, ketamine, and phenytoin, each of which has potentially serious side effects1,2. Pretreatment with intravenous lidocaine (1 mg per kilogram of body weight) diminishes hiccups that are associated with the induction of anesthesia with methohexital3. We report the use of intravenous lidocaine to treat incapacitating hiccups. A 45-year-old man was hospitalized with fever and pulmonary infiltrate. Two days after bronchoscopy, intense, nearly continuous hiccups developed, associated with nausea, chest pain, dizziness, and fatigue. Oral medications were…
AB - To the Editor: The pharmacologic approaches to the treatment of severe hiccups include the use of chlorpromazine, carbamazepine, nifedipine, baclofen, metoclopramide, haloperidol, ketamine, and phenytoin, each of which has potentially serious side effects1,2. Pretreatment with intravenous lidocaine (1 mg per kilogram of body weight) diminishes hiccups that are associated with the induction of anesthesia with methohexital3. We report the use of intravenous lidocaine to treat incapacitating hiccups. A 45-year-old man was hospitalized with fever and pulmonary infiltrate. Two days after bronchoscopy, intense, nearly continuous hiccups developed, associated with nausea, chest pain, dizziness, and fatigue. Oral medications were…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199309163291222
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199309163291222
M3 - Letter
C2 - 8355763
AN - SCOPUS:0027203094
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 329
SP - 890
EP - 891
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 12
ER -