Persistent Hiccups as a Rare Presenting Symptom of Pulmonary Embolism

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening condition that may present as dyspnea, chest pain, cough or hemoptysis, but often occurs without symptoms. It is not typically associated with hiccups. Hiccups are generally self-limiting benign contractions of the diaphragm that may be associated with m...

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Autores principales: Hassen, Getaw worku, Singh, Mona Milkha, Kalantari, Hossein, Yemane-Merriwether, Selamawit, Ferrante, Steven, Shaw, Ronald
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2012
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Diagnostic Acumen
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3555588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23359617
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2012.4.6894
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author Hassen, Getaw worku
Singh, Mona Milkha
Kalantari, Hossein
Yemane-Merriwether, Selamawit
Ferrante, Steven
Shaw, Ronald
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description Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening condition that may present as dyspnea, chest pain, cough or hemoptysis, but often occurs without symptoms. It is not typically associated with hiccups. Hiccups are generally self-limiting benign contractions of the diaphragm that may be associated with medications or food but may also be symptomatic of serious disease when persistent. We report 3 cases of PE presenting as persistent hiccups.
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spelling pubmed-35555882013-01-28 Persistent Hiccups as a Rare Presenting Symptom of Pulmonary Embolism Hassen, Getaw worku Singh, Mona Milkha Kalantari, Hossein Yemane-Merriwether, Selamawit Ferrante, Steven Shaw, Ronald West J Emerg Med Diagnostic Acumen Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening condition that may present as dyspnea, chest pain, cough or hemoptysis, but often occurs without symptoms. It is not typically associated with hiccups. Hiccups are generally self-limiting benign contractions of the diaphragm that may be associated with medications or food but may also be symptomatic of serious disease when persistent. We report 3 cases of PE presenting as persistent hiccups. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2012-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3555588/ /pubmed/23359617 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2012.4.6894 Text en Copyright © 2012 the authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
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Shaw, Ronald
Persistent Hiccups as a Rare Presenting Symptom of Pulmonary Embolism
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title_sort persistent hiccups as a rare presenting symptom of pulmonary embolism
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3555588/
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