tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post1015327848796339384..comments2024-03-26T16:46:21.764-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: A study of ONE FREAKING PATIENT!Grumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-36432459600663731552010-02-02T16:10:37.830-05:002010-02-02T16:10:37.830-05:00o.m.g. i'm presently sitting in the cafe at t...o.m.g. i'm presently sitting in the cafe at the medical school, wondering just how many fingers may be up asses in these buildings. *shudder* scarily, it explains a *lot*.student dr. blazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17307156914515136574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-53673304591300686702010-02-02T09:54:10.104-05:002010-02-02T09:54:10.104-05:00Maybe someone heard of an impending chlorpromazine...Maybe someone heard of an impending chlorpromazine shortage or had forgotten that it must be diluted to be administered IV and had to consider the fastest, most efficacious way 'at hand'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-22054847877781676692010-02-02T09:08:51.100-05:002010-02-02T09:08:51.100-05:00In massage therapy school we took neuromuscular ce...In massage therapy school we took neuromuscular certification courses (which is pretty medically based and well documented).<br /><br />The cure for hiccups using neuromuscular techniques was to massage the uvula.<br /><br />I was _not_ one of the brave ones to volunteer for 'practice' of this technique. <br /><br />I'd rather have a finger up my ass.<br /><br />Although I did like the use of q-tips on eyelids to massage the eye muscles to release eye strain. That actually felt kind of good.<br /><br />MCheap Meals, Good Foodhttp://www.ezcheapmeals.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-36555412432282395632010-02-02T03:34:34.899-05:002010-02-02T03:34:34.899-05:00Thank you Candice, it was indeed supposed to be fu...Thank you Candice, it was indeed supposed to be funny.Mark In Mayennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987723233401368368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-64368052099685390422010-02-02T01:52:06.368-05:002010-02-02T01:52:06.368-05:00Maybe the researchers were trying to get "mea...Maybe the researchers were trying to get "meaning" from it. I.e they had to do the massage (assuming it was them that did the DRM) and so they felt the need to get it published. Then it wasn't just something gross that they had to do, but it is good for their careers. Making them all respected in the medical fraternity and whatnot. Oh wait.Dragonflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12759938692575603663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-87304932622737504092010-02-02T00:34:28.995-05:002010-02-02T00:34:28.995-05:00wow. by what mechanism does this work?wow. by what mechanism does this work?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-65633169201851011882010-02-01T23:20:59.343-05:002010-02-01T23:20:59.343-05:00Good thing they didn't get far.
Otherwise......Good thing they didn't get far. <br /><br />Otherwise... Rx rejected for lack of previous step therapy. Requesting documentation of failed digital rectal massage therapy to cover Pillhertzlex<br /><br />Just found you over the weekend DRG, hilarious. Keep on writing.outrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00919839946949339497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-69334260885004893992010-02-01T22:15:22.499-05:002010-02-01T22:15:22.499-05:00Haha I was googling blepharospasm recently when my...Haha I was googling blepharospasm recently when my eyelid was twitching unexplainably and for some incomprehensible reason this article is linked in the wikipedia page! I can't believe someone else found it too!<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blepharospasmmed studentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-9754483277865288922010-02-01T21:14:44.977-05:002010-02-01T21:14:44.977-05:00And they say doctors don't have the "pers...And they say doctors don't have the "personal touch" these days.The Duchesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07988972822706391240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-63917863549739089802010-02-01T21:06:09.653-05:002010-02-01T21:06:09.653-05:00Re-reading the abstract, it says, "Digital re...Re-reading the abstract, it says, "Digital rectal massage was then performed." It doesn't actually specify what the original motivation for performing this act was. (For that matter, it also doesn't specify exactly whose rectum was massaged by whose digit.)<br /><br /><br /><br />Odeh: We've tried everything, and this guy just won't stop hiccuping.<br /><br />Oliven: Oh, well, no point in wasting any more time. Will you do that thing with your finger that I like so much?<br /><br />Odeh: Right here? In front of him?<br /><br />Oliven: I can't wait any longer! Do it now!<br /><br />Odeh: Hey, look! He stopped hiccuping!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-46109010398584072302010-02-01T20:11:43.841-05:002010-02-01T20:11:43.841-05:00I had an attending (surgical) who was convinced th...I had an attending (surgical) who was convinced that he could cure hiccups by ramming an NG tube down the patient's throat.<br /><br />I guess he actually needed to read this study.The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-2711624133274974462010-02-01T18:40:47.247-05:002010-02-01T18:40:47.247-05:00This article won its authors the Ig Nobel Prize in...This article won its authors the Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine for 2006. See http://improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2006. The Ig Nobel Prizes honor scientific research that, in the words of its founders, "cannot or should not be reproduced."<br /><br />ArchieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-89366770172839319422010-02-01T18:30:12.855-05:002010-02-01T18:30:12.855-05:00prostrate exam, hiccups gone. two for the price of...prostrate exam, hiccups gone. two for the price of one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-74470331104488487982010-02-01T18:02:07.967-05:002010-02-01T18:02:07.967-05:00My husband usually just tries to scare the hiccups...My husband usually just tries to scare the hiccups out of me. I guess this is another way to do that?OMDGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17937425894428802591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-89439677099722783832010-02-01T18:01:40.631-05:002010-02-01T18:01:40.631-05:00I think that should have been called a "case ...I think that should have been called a "case study" and not given a title that suggests "original research".ERPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15973334581468131595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-61544533233401382582010-02-01T17:46:44.358-05:002010-02-01T17:46:44.358-05:00Did each of the three authors apply the treatment ...Did each of the three authors apply the treatment to the patient?terri chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398808840234914275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-32818848617654738462010-02-01T16:47:21.226-05:002010-02-01T16:47:21.226-05:00What, what, in the butt.What, what, in the butt.Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10397412122635951126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-9667974810286077692010-02-01T16:26:03.336-05:002010-02-01T16:26:03.336-05:00This isn't new. It's the oldest hiccup re...This isn't new. It's the oldest hiccup remedy in the books: scare the hell out of somebody!<br /><br />P.S. How do we know the guy didn't get the hiccups again? He probably just refused to tell anybody... EVER AGAIN!thegooddrlaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08435755211517374081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-87408119102509320722010-02-01T16:24:01.898-05:002010-02-01T16:24:01.898-05:00Anonymous- Get the finger out of your ass and live...Anonymous- Get the finger out of your ass and live a little. <br /><br />Cogitator's comment was funny!<br /><br />;)Candicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05553652923537266660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-73050269019811949932010-02-01T16:01:16.266-05:002010-02-01T16:01:16.266-05:00The authors (two of them, at least) managed to get...The authors (two of them, at least) managed to get a second publication out of this: <br /><br />Odeh M, Oliven A. (1993)Hiccups and digital rectal massage. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. v119(12):1383<br /><br /><br />Which extends your story about the "least publishable unit" - they've gotten 2 papers out of 1 finger.Science Marches Onnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-7044482154138098152010-02-01T15:57:21.327-05:002010-02-01T15:57:21.327-05:00Don't take me there!!!!Don't take me there!!!!Classof65https://www.blogger.com/profile/00575168312203811542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-363707138004260192010-02-01T15:46:59.181-05:002010-02-01T15:46:59.181-05:00Would a boot be equally efficacious?Would a boot be equally efficacious?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-83423143196471071212010-02-01T15:24:28.634-05:002010-02-01T15:24:28.634-05:00Cogitator- thank you for sharing way too much info...Cogitator- thank you for sharing way too much information about your sexual preferences with the rest of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-40997744307758216712010-02-01T15:10:06.326-05:002010-02-01T15:10:06.326-05:00Is there a way to induce hiccups in my wife?
And ...Is there a way to induce hiccups in my wife?<br /><br />And does it have to be a finger?Mark In Mayennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987723233401368368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-21774103587854054252010-02-01T15:03:00.290-05:002010-02-01T15:03:00.290-05:00We stick our fingers in people's bums for enou...We stick our fingers in people's bums for enough reasons already. <br />Please LORD can this not become evidence based practice???Albinoblackbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15222730484450544498noreply@blogger.com