Table 4.

Management Changes After Nasolaryngoscopy (n = 276)

Managementn (%)*
Medication changes
    Added140 (50.7)
    Deleted9 (3.3)
Referrals
    Otolaryngology72 (26.1)
    Gastroenterology8 (2.9)
Other diagnostic tests
    CAT scan18 (6.5)
    Barium swallow14 (5.1)
    Esophagogastroduodenoscopy12 (4.3)
    Repeat nasolaryngoscopy5 (1.8)
Other†16 (5.8)
No changes to therapeutic plan56 (20.3)

  • * Percentages do not sum to 100% because patients may have had more than one change.

  • † “Other” includes sleep study, allergy/immunology consult, manometry, pillcam, and transnasoesophagoscopy.

  • CAT, computed axial tomography.