
Lesson 4 • 10 Sept 2024
If a patient has GERD are they more likely to have LPR?
Course overview
Explore the complexities of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux (LPR). Learn diagnosis, treatment algorithms, lifestyle modifications, and advanced diagnostic tools like pH probes, and evolving therapies like RefluxRaft for effective patient care.
2 hours, 33 lessons
Lessons
Laryngopharyngeal Reflux 101 with Dr. Inna Husain
Lesson 1
Explain LPR, your treatment algorithm, and how these patients present
Lesson 2
Explain the difference between direct and indirect reflux, and acid vs non-acid
Lesson 3
What are the key questions you ask patients to help focus on the right treatment?
Lesson 4
If a patient has GERD are they more likely to have LPR?
Lesson 5
What is the diagnostic criteria for symptoms to be related to LPR?
Lesson 6
Does doing a stroboscopy add anything useful with LPR patients?
Lesson 7
How do you talk to patients about antacids and the effects of lifestyle on their LPR?
Lesson 8
Lesson 9
How do you address patient concerns about safety with PPI therapies?
Lesson 10
How do you go about tapering patients off these anti-reflux medications, and are there alternatives?
Lesson 11
How do you talk with patients about the pH probe placement?
Lesson 12
How do you interpret the results from a pH probe?
Lesson 13
What do we need to be thinking about patients with refractory cases of LPR?
Lesson 14
Do we need to start thinking more about the microbiome in relation to LPR?
Understanding Atypical LPR with Dr. Inna Husain
Lesson 15
Lesson 16
Lesson 17
Lesson 18
Lesson 19
Lesson 20
What are the various tests and considerations involved in esophageal workups beyond upper endoscopy?
Lesson 21
Is globus pharyngeus more a symptom than a diagnosis in throat and esophageal conditions?
Lesson 22
What are the nuances of using a 24-hour pH impedance probe for ENT versus GI applications?
Lesson 23
Lesson 24
What are the challenges and considerations in using the pep test for detecting pepsin in saliva?
Lesson 25
Lesson 26
Reflux Raft: an option beyond conventional therapy with Dr. Spencer Payne
Lesson 27
How do patients with reflux present in your practice?
Lesson 28
How do you prescribe dietary changes to your patients with reflux?
Lesson 29
What other non-pharmacologic modifications do you talk to you reflux patients about?
Lesson 30
How did the idea for Reflux Raft come to be?
Lesson 31
Tell us about how deglycerinated licorice helps with reflux?
Lesson 32
What are alginates, and what are the importance of them in reflux?
Lesson 33
What is the recommended way to take Reflux Raft considering dosage and patient groups?
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