%0 Journal Article
%T Persistent Hiccups as a Rare Presenting Symptom of Pulmonary Embolism
%A Getaw worku Hassen
%A Mona Milkha Singh
%A Hossein Kalantari
%A Selamawit Yemane-Merriwether
%J Western Journal of Emergency Medicine : Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
%D 2012
%I UC Irvine Health School of Medicine.
%X Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening condition that may present as dyspnea, chest pain,cough or hemoptysis, but often occurs without symptoms. It is not typically associated with hiccups.Hiccups are generally self-limiting benign contractions of the diaphragm that may be associated with medications or food but may also be symptomatic of serious disease when persistent. We report 3 cases of PE presenting as persistent hiccups.
%K Emergency Medicine
%K pulmonary embolism
%U http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6mn9685q