Pharyngeal pH monitoring in patients with posterior laryngitis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999 May;120(5):672-7
Date
05/06/1999Pubmed ID
10229591DOI
10.1053/hn.1999.v120.a91774Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0032932307 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 99 CitationsAbstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic value of 3-site 24-hour ambulatory pH monitoring in patients with posterior laryngitis (PL) and the prevalence of esophageal abnormalities in this patient group.
METHODS: Twenty patients with PL and 17 healthy volunteers were studied as controls. Control subjects had transnasal esophagogastroduodenoscopy (T-EGD) and ambulatory pH monitoring. Patients underwent T-EGD, ambulatory pH monitoring, and barium esophagram.
RESULTS: T-EGD documented no abnormality in controls. Esophagitis was present in 2 PL patients, and hiatal hernia in 3. Ambulatory pH monitoring showed that 15 PL patients and 2 controls exhibited pharyngeal acid reflux. Barium esophagram documented gastroesophageal reflux in 5 PL patients. However, none of these barium reflux events reached the pharynx. All PL patients with barium esophagram evidence of gastroesophageal reflux also showed pharyngeal acid reflux by pH monitoring.
CONCLUSION: Pharyngeal acid reflux is more prevalent in patients with PL than in healthy controls. Patients with PL infrequently have esophageal sequelae of reflux disease. Ambulatory 24-hour simultaneous 3-site pharyngoesophageal pH monitoring detects gastroesophagopharyngeal acid reflux events in most patients with PL.
Author List
Ulualp SO, Toohill RJ, Hoffmann R, Shaker RAuthor
Reza Shaker MD Assoc Provost, Sr Assoc Dean, Ctr Dir, Chief, Prof in the Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdolescentAdult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Barium Sulfate
Case-Control Studies
Endoscopy, Digestive System
Female
Gastroesophageal Reflux
Humans
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Laryngitis
Male
Middle Aged
Monitoring, Ambulatory
Pharynx
Prevalence
Reproducibility of Results