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Is the Proton Pump Inhibitor Test Helpful in Patients with Laryngeal Symptoms?

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Background and Objectives

The association of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and laryngeal symptoms is not clear. We aimed to examine the symptomatic and endoscopic relations between GERD and laryngeal symptoms and also to evaluate the response to a 2-week proton pump inhibitor (PPI) trial.

Methods

Seventy-two patients experiencing persistent laryngeal symptoms ≥2/week were enrolled. The laryngeal symptoms using the 1-week laryngeal symptom score (LSS) and the typical reflux symptoms including heartburn and acid regurgitation were assessed. Transnasal-esophagogastroduodenoscopy (TN-EGD) and ambulatory 24-h esophageal pH monitoring were performed. The patients were classified into a GERD group and a non-GERD group. The GERD group was defined as the cases of the presence of typical reflux symptoms and/or reflux esophagitis and/or pathologic acid exposure. Patients were treated with 30 mg of lansoprazole bid for 14 days.

Results

Thirty-nine patients (54 %) were diagnosed with GERD on the basis of typical reflux symptoms, EGD, and/or pH testing. There was no significant association between the LSS and the presence of typical reflux symptoms. Also, the presence of laryngitis was not significantly related to reflux esophagitis. The 2-week PPI trial showed no significant difference in the improvement in laryngeal symptoms between the GERD and non-GERD groups.

Conclusions

There was no significant symptomatic and endoscopic association between GERD and laryngeal symptoms. Therefore, GERD does not appear to be the sole cause of these symptoms. Additionally, a 2-week PPI trial is not long enough to be a diagnostic tool in patients with laryngeal symptoms.

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This work was supported by Kokuk University in 2012.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Digestive Disease Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Konkuk University Medical Center, 120-1 Neungdong-ro Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 143-729, Korea

    Jeong Hwan Kim, In-Kyung Sung, Sung Noh Hong, Sun-Young Lee, Hyung Seok Park & Chan Sup Shim

  2. Research Institute of Biomedical Science, Medical Immunology Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

    Jeong Hwan Kim & Sung Noh Hong

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Kim, J.H., Sung, IK., Hong, S.N. et al. Is the Proton Pump Inhibitor Test Helpful in Patients with Laryngeal Symptoms?. Dig Dis Sci 58, 1663–1667 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-012-2540-6

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