Table 1.

Demographic and clinical parameters of the patients.

Parameter	Case number
	1°	2°	3±	4′′	5'	6*
Age	52	48	38	42	66	42
Gender	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male
Area of injection	Subacromial bursa	Plantar fascia	Ankle joint	Shoulder joint	Shoulder joint	Knee joint
Type of preparation	TA	MPA	BM	BM	Dexa	BM
Dose	NA	NA	NA	6 mg	NA	6 mg
Time of appearance of hiccups	Next day	NA	Next day	12 h	4 h	9 h
Duration of hiccups	72 h	24 h	24 h	1 day	2 days	10 days
Treatment and effect	Chlorpromazine Good	NA	None	Valsalva maneuver Good	NA	Metoclopramide Good
Recurrent IACI and type	Yes TA	No	Yes, TA	No	No	No
Recurrence of hiccups	Yes		Yes
Time of appearance	NA		Next day
Duration	NA		2 weeks
Treatment and effect	Admission to hospital		Levomepromazine Good

*Our case, °refrence number [4], ^±reference number [5], ′′reference number [6], and ^'reference number [7].

Abbreviations. IM: intramuscular, TA: triamcinolone preparation, MPA: methylprednisolone acetate, BM: betamethasone preparation, Dexa: dexamethasone preparation, NA: not available, and h: hour.