Table 3 - The reflux finding score (RFS): a score greater than 11 in the proper clinical situation is strongly suggestive of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR)
From the following article
Laryngeal and pharyngeal complications of gastroesophageal reflux disease
Gregory N. Postma and Stacey L. Halum
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo46
| Finding | Score |
|---|---|
(Source: Belafsky et al.19, with permission from Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.) | |
| Subglottic edema | 2 = present 0 = absent |
| Ventricular obliteration | 2 = partial 4 = complete |
| Erythema/hyperemia | 2 = arytenoids only 4 = diffuse |
| Vocal cord edema | 1 = mild 2 = moderate 3 = severe 4 = polypoid |
| Diffuse laryngeal edema | 1 = mild 2 = moderate 3 = severe 4 = obstructing |
| Posterior commissure hypertrophy | 1 = mild 2 = moderate 3 = severe 4 = obstructing |
| Granuloma/granulation | 2 = present 0 = absent |
| Thick endolaryngeal mucus/other | 2 = present 0 = absent |
| TOTAL | |
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