@Article{Badian2018,
journal="Medycyna Paliatywna/Palliative Medicine",
issn="2081-0016",
volume="10",
number="2",
year="2018",
title="Hiccup in palliative care patients",
abstract="Persistent hiccup is an annoying experience in palliative care patients, and it substantially decreases their quality of life. There are central and peripheral causes of a hiccup that require a different approach. The medicine of choice in centrally induced singultus is baclofen, while metoclopramide is recommended in the case of peripheral causes. Midazolam may be useful in a refractory hiccup. Intervention procedures, such as phrenic nerve blockade, should be considered in patients not responding to pharmaceutics.",
author="Badian, Magdalena
and Dzierżanowski, Tomasz",
pages="43--48",
doi="10.5114/pm.2018.79792",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pm.2018.79792"
}