ALLMedicine™ Laryngitis Center

Jul 14th, 2021 - Cough is a relevant reason for encounter in primary care. For evidence-based decision making, general practitioners need setting-specific knowledge about prevalences, pre-test probabilities, and prognosis. Accordingly, we performed a systematic re...

Jun 24th, 2021 - Nasal-type, extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma is a rare lymphoma. The tumor usually shows ulcerative and necrotic lesions in the nasal cavities and sinuses. Tissue involvement outside the nasal cavity is uncommon. We describe a 30-yea...

May 23rd, 2021 - Inhaled antibiotics have long been used for chronic lung infections, especially in patients with cystic fibrosis and increasingly for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. Amikacin liposome inhalation suspension (ALIS) has emerged as a promising tre...

May 22nd, 2021 - Hoarseness is a common symptom indicating an abnormal change in the quality of voice and has a lifetime prevalence of around 30%. There are multiple causes of hoarseness, ranging from acute laryngitis, chronic laryngitis, laryngopharyngeal reflux,...

Apr 15th, 2021 - Laryngopharyngeal reflux-associated symptoms embrace a wide variety of head and neck manifestations. Its participation in eye disorders has recently been postulated, and there is currently no consensus in this regard. The aim of this manuscript is...

Nov 5th, 2019 - In about 3% of children, viral infections of the airways that develop in early childhood lead to narrowing of the laryngeal lumen in the subglottic region resulting in symptoms such as hoarseness, abarking cough, stridor, and dyspnea. These infect...

Apr 14th, 2020 - Chronic laryngitis commonly manifests through symptoms including cough, hoarseness, throat clearing, foreign body sensation, throat pain, sensation of excessive phlegm, and difficulty swallowing. A significant minority also present with GERD, rhin...

Mar 1st, 2018 - The larynx contains the vocal cords and serves as the opening to the tracheobronchial tree. Laryngeal lesions include: benign laryngeal tumors, contact ulcers, laryngitis, laryngeoceles, malignant laryngeal tumors, spasmodic dysphonia, vocal cord ...

Jun 27th, 2017 - Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has been linked to many disorders and can be diagnosed through a variety of modalities utilizing 24 hour ambulatory pH monitoring which can register the duration, pattern and symptom correlation of distal eso...

Mar 29th, 2017 - Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has been implicated, in part, as the cause of various laryngeal signs and symptoms (1-7). This is often termed reflux laryngitis, ear, nose, and throat (ENT) reflux, or laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR). GERD wa...

Jan 30th, 2017 - Gastroesophageal reflux disease(GERD) is a common disorder of the esophagus, affecting 7-10% of the U.S. population. Characteristic symptoms include heartburn, chest pain, and indigestion. EER denotes gastroesophageal refluxate that reaches struct...

Nov 6th, 2019 - Sore throats are among the more commonly reported symptoms. Viruses are responsible for 85%-95% of sore throats in adults, 70% in children aged 5-16 years, and 95% in children younger than 5 years. Although most cases resolve spontaneously, it is ...

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Oct 1st, 2015 - Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a chronic and common medical problem, with up to 40% of the population experiencing its symptoms at least once per month. 1 The condition develops when the reflux of stomach contents causes troublesome symp.

Jul 21st, 2015 - Antibiotic use, particularly of macrolides, increased among veterans with acute respiratory infections over the course of 6 years, according to a retrospective, cross-sectional study. Moreover, providers accounted for nearly 60% of the variation i...

Apr 9th, 2015 - Action Points Note that this review article aimed to identify factors associated with poor response to antireflux surgery. Be aware that this was not a formal meta-analysis; we are unable to assess for study heterogeneity. Laparoscopic antireflux ...