Persistent Singultus: Addressing Complexity With Simplicity

The hiccup reflex arc involving the brainstem, phrenic and vagus nerves, and the sympathetic chain is associated with singultus. There are many possible organic, psychogenic, idiopathic, and iatrogenic instigators. We describe a case of singultus in a 69-year-old man secondary to his CPAP mask, with...

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Autores principales: Patel, Nidhi, O'Brien, Kevin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26157946
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2015.37
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description The hiccup reflex arc involving the brainstem, phrenic and vagus nerves, and the sympathetic chain is associated with singultus. There are many possible organic, psychogenic, idiopathic, and iatrogenic instigators. We describe a case of singultus in a 69-year-old man secondary to his CPAP mask, with resolution after he stopped using the mask. Our case establishes that CPAP may be a cause of iatrogenic aerophagia leading to gastric distention, singultus, and emesis and highlights the importance of a complete history.
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spelling pubmed-44353902015-07-08 Persistent Singultus: Addressing Complexity With Simplicity Patel, Nidhi O'Brien, Kevin ACG Case Rep J Case Report The hiccup reflex arc involving the brainstem, phrenic and vagus nerves, and the sympathetic chain is associated with singultus. There are many possible organic, psychogenic, idiopathic, and iatrogenic instigators. We describe a case of singultus in a 69-year-old man secondary to his CPAP mask, with resolution after he stopped using the mask. Our case establishes that CPAP may be a cause of iatrogenic aerophagia leading to gastric distention, singultus, and emesis and highlights the importance of a complete history. American College of Gastroenterology 2015-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4435390/ /pubmed/26157946 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2015.37 Text en Copyright © Patel et al. This is an open-access article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
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