A Supragastric Belching Case Treated with Speech Therapy

Seoyeon Yoo; Ga Hee Kim; Ji Yong Ahn; Kee Wook Jung; Miseon Kwon

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Yoo, Kim, Ahn, Jung, and Kwon: A Supragastric Belching Case Treated with Speech Therapy

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The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2019; 73(1): 56-59.

Published online: 25 January 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2019.73.1.56

A Supragastric Belching Case Treated with Speech Therapy

Seoyeon Yoo, Ga Hee Kim¹, Ji Yong Ahn¹, Kee Wook Jung¹, Miseon Kwon²

Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

²Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Correspondence to: Miseon Kwon, Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 05505, Korea. Tel: +82-2-3010-3984, Fax: +82-2-474-4691, mskwon@amc.seoul.kr

Korean Society of Gastroenterology

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Fig. 1

Patterns of gas movement as recorded on 24-hr pH impedance testing. Air enters the proximal part of esophagus and travels downward rapidly. Impedance levels shows rapidly antegrade rise of signals in the proximal channels and progressing to the distal impedance channels. Thereafter, the air is cleared from the distal esophagus to oral side. Impedance levels shows rapid return of impedance signals from the distal to proximal impedance channels.

Fig. 2

Patterns of serial air flow (indicated by arrows) as recorded on videofluorescent swallowing study. (A, B) Show the air swallowing from the pharyngeal and laryngeal spaces into the esophagus followed by (C, D) showing supragastric belching.

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