| The symptoms are mainly those of peripheral neuritis with special implication of the phrenic and the pneumogastric nerves. |
| Hiccups are believed to be caused mainly by irritation of either the phrenic or vagus nerves anywhere along their paths. |
| An advantage of the axillary block is that needle placement is far from the dome of the lung and the phrenic nerve. |
| There were two reports of asymptomatic transient phrenic nerve palsy with no clinical sequalae. |
| Unusual tributaries include the superior phrenic, gonadal, renal, and suprarenal veins. |
| The parietal branches include the posterior intercostal, subcostal, and the superior phrenic. |
