Our case had hiccups arising in an adolescent with the attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder (CD) after adding aripiprazole treatment to extended-release methylphenidate. Actually, antipsychotics are also used in the treatment of hiccups, but studies suggest that they can cause hiccups as well. Within 12 hours of taking 2.5 mg aripiprazole added to extended-re...

Hiccups or singulata are rhythmic involuntary movements of the diaphragm, caused by a variety of conditions that interfere with the functions of the nerve nuclei in the medulla and supra-spinal hiccup center. Although neurotransmitters and receptors involved in the pathophysiology of hiccups are not defined well, dopamine has been considered to play an important role. In some cases, chlorpromaz...

A hiccup is a sudden involuntary contraction of the diaphragm with a sharp gulp-like sound, often recurring at short intervals. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) states there is a wide range of reasons for why hiccups occur. From the view of TCM, the requirement of stomach qi or the vital energy of body is thought to fade when it comes to the patients who are severely weak, and when the illnes...

Several caching schemes for realtime multimedia systems have been proposed but they have only concentrated on the hit ratio as a performance metric without providing any means to utilize the disk bandwidth gained through cache hits. A high cache hit ratio alone does not capture the eeectiveness of a caching scheme for such systems unless hiccup-free service is guaranteed. We evaluate four cachi...

Abstract Patients with internal carotid artery dissection (ICAD) usually report headache, neck pain, Horner's syndrome, and ischemic stroke. Because the posterior cranial nerve is involved, some patients may show different forms of paralysis. There have been no reports ICAD showing repeated hiccups. Here, to help clinicians identify early gain a better understanding atypical manifestations dise...

Hiccups are usually self-limiting and benign but can be distressing when they become persistent or intractable produce significant morbidity. In the intubated patients in neurocritical care, hiccups may cause respiratory alkalosis also associated with an increased incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Several pharmacological nonpharmacological strategies have been devised for treatment ...