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- Title
Difficult intubation due to chronic hiccup: a case report.
- Authors
Aytac, Erman; Salihoglu, Ziya; Demirkaya, Ahmet; Baca, Bilgi; Kaynak, Kamil; Karahasanoglu, Tayfun; Hamzaoglu, Ismail Hakki
- Abstract
Hiccup is described as a spasm of the diaphragm that causes a sudden inhalation followed by rapid closure of the glottis that produces a sound. Hiccup cause difficulties for medical procedures such as surgery, endoscopy or magnetic resonance imaging. In the literarure. hiccup is presented as a situation that is seen due to anesthesia and most studies describe to manage anesthesia-related hiccup. The data about difficult inrubation because of hiccup is lacking. Hereby, we present a case of difficult inrubation due to chronic hiccup. The patient had a chronic hiccup associated with grade 3 esophagitis and hiatal hernia. Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication and thoracoscopic phrenic nerve ablation was performed. Our patient was hiccupping during surgery. However. the severity and the frequency of the hiccup attacks were decreased after surgery.
- Publication
Medical Journal of Bakirkoy, 2011, Vol 7, Issue 1, p39
- ISSN
1305-9319
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.5350/BTDMJB201107109