• Acta Clin Belg · Mar 2007

    Case Reports

    Severe hiccups and intravenous lidocaine.

    • C Boulouffe and D Vanpee.
    • Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires de Mont-Godinne, Service des Urgences 1, avenue Dr Therasse, B-5530 Yvoir, Belgium. caroline.boulouffe@mont.ucl.ac.be
    • Acta Clin Belg. 2007 Mar 1; 62 (2): 123-5.

    AbstractWe report the case of a patient in whom the use of intravenous Lidocaine to treat incapacitating hiccups was a success. Intravenous lidocaine should be considered as an alternative treatment for severe hiccups when classical medications are ineffective or produce side effects.

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