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Persistent hiccups are a frustrating experience for palliative care patients, and can have a profound impact on their quality of life. This article provides an evidence-based approach overview of the causes and treatment of this not infrequently debilitating condition for such patients, with a management algorithm.
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May 9, 2023 · Hiccups can happen when you get a spasm in your diaphragm between normal breaths. You can’t control the spasm and hiccups usually go away on their own. But when hiccups are a symptom of cancer, or a side effect of cancer treatment, they can go on for longer. This makes them tiring and difficult to cope with.
Jun 15, 2022 · Hiccups appear to be highly problematic in a small subset of patients with cancer with no well-defined palliative approaches. Keywords: Hiccups, Morbidity, Complications, Palliation. Go to: Introduction. An estimated 15–40% of patients with cancer experience hiccups [1 – 4].
Jun 15, 2022 · Hiccups appear to be highly problematic in a small subset of patients with cancer with no well-defined palliative approaches. Peer Review reports. Introduction. An estimated 15–40% of patients with cancer experience hiccups [1, 2, 3, 4].
A hiccup, also known as singultus, is an involuntary spastic contraction of the diaphragm and intercostal muscles that leads to inspiration of air, followed by abrupt closure of the vocal folds. The frequency and the duration can be vari-able in every patient.
Nov 4, 2022 · Hiccups may simply be a nuisance for most, but these spasms can become problematic for patients with cancer, leading to sleep deprivation, fatigue, aspiration pneumonia, compromised food intake,...
Persistent hiccups are a frustrating experience for palliative care patients, and can have a profound impact on their quality of life. This article provides an evidence-based approach overview of the causes and treatment of this not infrequently debilitating condition for such patients, with a management algorithm.
