Journal article
A New Risk of Using Alkaline Drops in Patients With Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
Journal of voice
Jun 2021
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Abstract
Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) is common in the otolaryngologist's office, and a multimodal treatment regimen is employed often. Counseling patients on lifestyle modifications is important. Alkaline water consumption has been recommended as a nonmedical “antacid” for its value in deactivating pepsin, a proteolytic enzyme responsible for laryngeal tissue inflammatory changes in LPR. Alkaline water can be found as premade bottled water, or it can be made at home by titrating regular-pH water with concentrated alkaline drops. We present a patient who mistakenly instilled the alkaline drops into her eye, causing alkali-related chemical burns to the sclera and cornea, which subsequently resulted in scar.
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- Title
- A New Risk of Using Alkaline Drops in Patients With Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
- Creators
- Tyler Pion - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineGhiath Alnouri - Drexel UniversityRobert T. Sataloff - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of voice
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Medicine; Otolaryngology (and Head and Neck Surgery)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001079179600001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85108329028
- Other Identifier
- 991019173585804721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Audiology & Speech-language Pathology
- Otorhinolaryngology