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COVID-19 presenting as persistent hiccups: a case report

Hiccups are involuntary, spasmodic contractions of the diaphragm and intercostal muscles and can be classified as acute (< 48 h), persistent (48 h to a month) or intractable (> 1 month). A previously healthy 29-year-old man sought the Emergency Department with flu-like symptoms and a two-day h...

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Autores principales: de Sene, Diogo Ribeiro, Watashi, Diego Moreno, Bilitardo, Isabella de Oliveira, Moreno, Carlos Eduardo Campos, Moreno, Mariella Freire de Freitas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8357301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34378765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202163062
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description Hiccups are involuntary, spasmodic contractions of the diaphragm and intercostal muscles and can be classified as acute (< 48 h), persistent (48 h to a month) or intractable (> 1 month). A previously healthy 29-year-old man sought the Emergency Department with flu-like symptoms and a two-day history of persistent hiccups. His physical examination was otherwise unremarkable and vital signs were within normal limits. An unenhanced computed tomography scan of the chest showed small focal ground-glass opacities scattered throughout 25% of the lungs. A COVID-19 test was positive. Chlorpromazine was prescribed for the hiccups with improvement over 10 h. The patient was discharged home on the same day without hiccups and no other complications.
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spelling pubmed-83573012021-08-16 COVID-19 presenting as persistent hiccups: a case report de Sene, Diogo Ribeiro Watashi, Diego Moreno Bilitardo, Isabella de Oliveira Moreno, Carlos Eduardo Campos Moreno, Mariella Freire de Freitas Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Case Report Hiccups are involuntary, spasmodic contractions of the diaphragm and intercostal muscles and can be classified as acute (< 48 h), persistent (48 h to a month) or intractable (> 1 month). A previously healthy 29-year-old man sought the Emergency Department with flu-like symptoms and a two-day history of persistent hiccups. His physical examination was otherwise unremarkable and vital signs were within normal limits. An unenhanced computed tomography scan of the chest showed small focal ground-glass opacities scattered throughout 25% of the lungs. A COVID-19 test was positive. Chlorpromazine was prescribed for the hiccups with improvement over 10 h. The patient was discharged home on the same day without hiccups and no other complications. Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2021-08-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8357301/ /pubmed/34378765 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202163062 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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