Monday, October 09, 2006
"...resulting in abrupt cessation of the hiccups"
Warning: For all I know, the PubMed "related articles" link below may not be work safe.
Winner of Ig Nobel award in Medicine 2006:
MEDICINE: Francis M. Fesmire of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, for his medical case report " Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage"; and Majed Odeh, Harry Bassan, and Arie Oliven of Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, for their subsequent medical case report also titled " Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage ."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2299306&dopt=Abstract
Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage: J Intern Med. 1990 Feb;227(2):145-6.
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Termination of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage.Odeh M, Bassan H, Oliven A.
Department of Inernal Medicine, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
A 60-year-old man with acute pancreatitis developed persistent hiccups after insertion of a nasogastric tube. Removal of the latter did not terminate the hiccups which had also been treated with different drugs, and several manoeuvres were attempted, but with no success. Digital rectal massage was then performed resulting in abrupt cessation of the hiccups. Recurrence of the hiccups occurred several hours later, and again, they were terminated immediately with digital rectal massage. No other recurrences were observed. This is the second reported case associating cessation of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage. We suggest that this manoeuvre should be considered in cases of intractable hiccups before proceeding with pharmacological agents.
http://www.improbable.com/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2006
Winner of Ig Nobel award in Medicine 2006:
MEDICINE: Francis M. Fesmire of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, for his medical case report " Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage"; and Majed Odeh, Harry Bassan, and Arie Oliven of Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, for their subsequent medical case report also titled " Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage ."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2299306&dopt=Abstract
Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage: J Intern Med. 1990 Feb;227(2):145-6.
Related Articles, Links
Termination of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage.Odeh M, Bassan H, Oliven A.
Department of Inernal Medicine, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
A 60-year-old man with acute pancreatitis developed persistent hiccups after insertion of a nasogastric tube. Removal of the latter did not terminate the hiccups which had also been treated with different drugs, and several manoeuvres were attempted, but with no success. Digital rectal massage was then performed resulting in abrupt cessation of the hiccups. Recurrence of the hiccups occurred several hours later, and again, they were terminated immediately with digital rectal massage. No other recurrences were observed. This is the second reported case associating cessation of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage. We suggest that this manoeuvre should be considered in cases of intractable hiccups before proceeding with pharmacological agents.
http://www.improbable.com/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2006
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