A renal transplant patient with intractable hiccups and review of the literature

Transpl Infect Dis. 2005 Jun;7(2):86-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2005.00096.x.

Abstract

Intractable hiccups in transplanted patients may be caused by various medical conditions including infections. We report a case of a 44-year-old man who suffered from intractable hiccups after cadaveric kidney transplantation. We identified 3 different hiccup periods with different causes: 1) steroid and anesthetics use, 2) severe ulcerose herpetic and mycotic esophagitis, and 3) pleuropneumonia caused by nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis and pulmonary abscess requiring thoracic surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anesthetics / administration & dosage
  • Anesthetics / adverse effects
  • Cadaver
  • Esophagitis / complications
  • Esophagitis / etiology
  • Hiccup / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Male
  • Methicillin Resistance
  • Pleuropneumonia / complications
  • Pleuropneumonia / microbiology
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / complications
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / microbiology
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Steroids / administration & dosage
  • Steroids / adverse effects

Substances

  • Anesthetics
  • Steroids