A pilot study on diagnosing laryngopharyngeal reflux disease by pharyngeal pH probe monitoring

Abstract

Objective: We aimed to evaluate (laryngopharyngeal reflux) LPR disease group and group with healthy volunteers and compare results obtained using Dx pH probe in the diagnosis of LPR disease. Methods: Fifty-seven LPR patients with typical scores of reflux symptom index (RSI) and reflux finding scoring (RFS) system and 20 healthy volunteers without laryngopharyngeal symptoms and physical examination findings were included in the study after excluding other concomitant diseases. All patients were requested to complete RSI and RFS forms. Healthy volunteers, with RSI 7. Dx pH probes were applied to each group. Fisher's exact test, Shapiro-Wilk test, T test and Mann-Whitney test were used for statistical analysis. A p value

Keywords

• Laryngopharyngeal reflux, reflux symptom index, reflux finding score, pharyngeal pH probe

Larengofarengeal reflü hastalığının tanısında farengeal pH probu ile pilot bir çalışma

Abstract

Amaç: Çalışmamızda larengofarengeal reflü (LFR) hastalığı olan ve sağlıklı iki grup değerlendirilerek, Dx pH probunun LPR tanısında sonuçlarını karşılaştırmayı amaçladık. Yöntem: Diğer hastalıklar ekarte edildikten sonra hem reflü semptom indeksi (RSİ) hem de reflü bulgu skoru (RBS) ile tipik skorlara sahip 57 LFR olgusu ile larengofarengeal yakınması ve fizik muayene bulguları olmayan 20 sağlıklı gönüllü çalışmaya alındı. Tüm olgulara RSİ ve RBS formları dolduruldu. RSİ 7 olanlar LFR grubunu oluşturdu. İki gruba Dx pH probu takılarak veriler elde edildi. İstatistiksel değerlendirmede Fisher'in kesin olasılık testi, Shapiro-Wilk testi, T testi ve Mann-Whitney testi kullanıldı. p

Keywords

• Larengofarengeal reflü, reflü semptom indeksi, reflü bulgu skoru, farengeal pH probu

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