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Comparison between the Reflux Finding Score and the Reflux Symptom Index in the Practice of Otorhinolaryngology

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Title
Comparison between the Reflux Finding Score and the Reflux Symptom Index in the Practice of Otorhinolaryngology
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International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, February 2016
DOI 10.1055/s-0036-1579557
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Heloisa Sobreira Nunes, José Antonio Pinto, Adma Roberta Zavanela, André Freitas Cavallini, Gabriel Santos Freitas, Fabiola Esteves Garcia

Abstract

The Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease has a prevalence of ∼12% of the urban population in Brazil. Koufman proposed the term to designate Laryngeal Pharyngeal Reflux (LPR) symptoms, signs or tissue damage resulting from aggression of the gastrointestinal contents in the upper aerodigestive tract. Belafsky et al proposed a score that points to inflammatory laryngeal signs through videolaryngoscopic findings, the Reflux Finding Score (RFS). Moreover, in 2002, they published the Reflux Symptom Index (RSI). The objective of this study is to provide a comparison between the Reflux Finding Score and the Reflux Symptom Index in the practice of Otorhinolaryngology. Our study involved a total of 135 patients who visited the Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) clinic Núcleo de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço de São Paulo between April 2014 and May 2015 with suspected LPR. We excluded nine patients and the study group was 126 patients. All patients were ranked by their RSI and RFS scores. The study group consisted of 126 patients (88 women and 38 men). Their main complaints were cough (40.4%), globus (21.4%), dysphonia (19.8%), throat clearing (15.8%), postnasal drip (3.17%), snoring (1.5%), dysphagia (1.5%), cacosmia (0.7%), and regurgitation (1.5%). The RSI ranges from 13 to 42 with a mean of 20.7 (SD = 6.67). The RFS ranged from 3 to 19 with a mean of 9.53 (SD = 2.64). The RSI and RFS can easily be included in ENT routines as objective parameters, with low cost and high practicality. Based on the clinical index, the specialist can evaluate the need for further tests.

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Unknown 74 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 8 11%
Student > Postgraduate 7 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 9%
Other 6 8%
Researcher 6 8%
Other 16 22%
Unknown 24 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 33 45%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 3%
Unspecified 1 1%
Other 4 5%
Unknown 30 41%
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#17,785,991
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Outputs from International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
#198
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#273,357
of 400,467 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
#5
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