title: Does (supra)gastric belching trigger recurrent hiccups?
abstract: Twenty-four hours multichannel intraesophageal impedance and pH monitoring in a patient who suffered from recurrent hiccups for more than a year revealed frequent supragastric belching and pathological oesophageal acid exposure. Furthermore, a temporal relationship between the start of a hiccup episode and gastric belching was observed. The data support the hypothesis that there is an association between supragastric belching, persistent recurrent hiccups and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, and that gastric belching may evoke hiccup attacks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. w.hopman@mdl.umcn.nl
authors.forename: Wim P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Hopman
authors.forename: Mariëtte C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: van Kouwen
authors.forename: André J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Smout
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004884:Eructation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D050782:Esophageal pH Monitoring; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006606:Hiccup / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry; D012008:Recurrence