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CORDERO PINEDO, Félix  y  CORDERO TITO, Leydy. Correlation between symptoms and laryngoscopy findings in patients with clinical symptoms of pharyngolaryngeal reflux in a national tertiary care hospital. Acta méd. Peru [online]. 2018, vol.35, n.4, pp.223-228. ISSN 1728-5917.

Objective: to correlate the symptoms of pharyngolaryngeal reflux and laryngoscopy findings using the reflux symptom index and the score for reflux findings, in outpatients of the Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) service in Arzobispo Loayza National Hospital. Material and Methods: this is a cross-sectional study. Ninety-four patients with symptoms compatible with pharyngolaryngeal reflux participated, with criteria for performing laryngoscopy, came to our outpatient clinic from September 2017 up to April 2018. Symptoms were assessed using the reflux symptom index (RSI), and laryngoscopy findings were assessed using the reflux findings score (RFS). We assessed the correlation between these two scores using Kendall’s Tau-b. Results: all patients presented with dysphonia, cough, and scratchy throat; laryngoscopy findings were as follows: 97.9% patients showed arythenoid erythema, and 87.2% showed ventricular band edema. All cases had a 15.5 score in the RSI scale, and 82 cases had a higher than 7 score in the RFS scale, the average value was 8.6. A strongly positive correlation was found between the two scales. Conclusions: there is a strong correlation between the symptom index score and the reflux findings score in patients from Arzobispo Loayza National Hospital since September 2017 up to April 2018.

Palabras clave : Laryngopharyngeal reflux; Laryngoscopy; Laryngitis; Pathological conditions, signs and symptoms.

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