Gastroesophageal reflux disease correlation with posterior laryngitis.
OBJECTIVE
Over the last years numerous studies have been performed dealing with mutual relations among gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and numerous diseases of the upper airways. The aim of the present study was to establish possible causal relationship between GERD and posterior laryngitis (PL).


METHODS
The study included 103 patients with gastrointestinal complaints. Diagnostic procedure included a medical history, gastroscopy and laryngeal directoscopy. The obtained data processed using classic methods of the descriptive statistics, as well as Pearson's chi-square test, Student's t test, rank sum test and Fisher's parametric analysis of variance.


RESULTS
Out of the total number of 103 examined patients, 33 (32%) were diagnosed with PL, while GERD was diagnosed in five of the examined patients all belonging to the PL group (15% of the patients with PL). In the remaining patients, PL was caused by other factors. All the patients with GERD had PL and globus sensation while 80% of GERD patients had prominent symptom of pain.


CONCLUSIONS
The results of the study are indicative of the causal relationship between GERD and PL.
Dimitrijević
Milovan
M
Clinical Center of Serbia, Institute of Otorhinolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Belgrade, Serbia. drmilovan@yahoo.com
Beljin
Vera
V
Petrović
Vladan
V
Dukić
Vojko
V
D005260:Female; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007827:Laryngitis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged