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Diagnostics of laryngopharyngeal form of gastroesophageal reflux disease for adults (Lithuanian clinical practice guidelines)

by
Rūta Pribuišienė
1,*,
Virgilijus Uloza
1,
Nora Šiupšinskienė
1,
Evaldas Butkus
2 and
Limas Kupčinskas
3
1
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kaunas University of Medicine
2
Šiauliai Hospital
3
Department of Gastroenterology, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Medicina 2007, 43(6), 508; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina43060064
Submission received: 16 March 2007 / Accepted: 7 June 2007 / Published: 12 June 2007
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Abstract

The laryngopharyngeal form of gastroesophageal disease represents one of the atypical manifestations of supraesophageal gastroesophageal reflux disease characterized by morphologic and functional changes in the larynx and pharynx with the associated clinical symptoms. The article presents diagnostic algorithm (guidelines) for laryngopharyngeal form of gastroesophageal disease, elaborated by the group of Lithuanian experts in otorhinolaryngology and gastroenterology. The guidelines are based on the data of evidence-based medicine and results of the scientific studies in Lithuania. Diagnostics of laryngopharyngeal form of gastroesophageal disease has to be based on: (1) patient’s complaints (permanent hoarseness, throat itching and clearing, cough, heartburn, “globus” sensation) for more than 3 months; (2) typical laryngoscopic findings (edema, erythema, roughness, hypertrophy of mucosa of the posterior glottis); (3) detection of reflux esophagitis as a subsequence of pathological gastroesophageal reflux; (4) assessment of relationship between reflux and morphological/functional changes. The guidelines are designed for the otorhinolaryngologists, gastroenterologists, and general practitioners.
Keywords: laryngopharyngeal form of gastroesophageal reflux disease; diagnostics; guidelines laryngopharyngeal form of gastroesophageal reflux disease; diagnostics; guidelines

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Pribuišienė, R.; Uloza, V.; Šiupšinskienė, N.; Butkus, E.; Kupčinskas, L. Diagnostics of laryngopharyngeal form of gastroesophageal reflux disease for adults (Lithuanian clinical practice guidelines). Medicina 2007, 43, 508. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina43060064

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Pribuišienė R, Uloza V, Šiupšinskienė N, Butkus E, Kupčinskas L. Diagnostics of laryngopharyngeal form of gastroesophageal reflux disease for adults (Lithuanian clinical practice guidelines). Medicina. 2007; 43(6):508. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina43060064

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Pribuišienė, Rūta, Virgilijus Uloza, Nora Šiupšinskienė, Evaldas Butkus, and Limas Kupčinskas. 2007. "Diagnostics of laryngopharyngeal form of gastroesophageal reflux disease for adults (Lithuanian clinical practice guidelines)" Medicina 43, no. 6: 508. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina43060064

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Pribuišienė, R., Uloza, V., Šiupšinskienė, N., Butkus, E., & Kupčinskas, L. (2007). Diagnostics of laryngopharyngeal form of gastroesophageal reflux disease for adults (Lithuanian clinical practice guidelines). Medicina, 43(6), 508. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina43060064

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