Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) is a condition of reverse flow of gastric and duodenal fluid that reaches the aerodigestive tract, causing inflammation in the upper respiratory tract. Reflux Symptoms Index (RSI) and Reflux Finding Score (RFS) have been used as instruments to determine the symptoms and signs in LPR patients. This study aims to find out the characteristics of patients with LPR. A retrospective descriptive study was performed using medical records as a source of information to obtain the characteristics of patients with LPR in ENT Outpatient Clinic Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital Surabaya. The study population is all patients that has been diagnosed with LPR based on RSI >13 and RFS >7 in the period 2018-2019. Our finding shows the total patients diagnosed with LPR were 58. There were 45 patients diagnosed solitarily according to the results of the RSI score, while the RFS was 34 patients. The total patients diagnosed according to both of RSI and RFS were 21 patients. In this study, 67.24% patients with LPR were female, while the male patients were 32.76%. Most patients with LPR belonged to 50 – 59 years (25.86%). The distribution of occupation shows the highest number of patients is unemployed (43.10%). The most frequent and severe complaints from LPR patients were throat clearing, sensation of something sticking in throat or lump, and excess throat mucus or postnasal drip. The laryngoscopy findings compiled on the RFS showed that the most common signs in LPR patients were subglottic edema, thick endolaryngeal mucus, and posterior commissure hypertrophy.

by Moh. Ladrang Pramushinto Paramanindhito and Co-authors. This article has been retracted at the request of the Editors as a result of (1) The authors are in the process of making changes to the study and awaiting final results.(2) The changes will be published later as different article, with justification for modification.

Introduction: Pandemic COVID-19 has led people to a new norm of spending most of their time at home. Regular direct physical social interactions become less common and replaced by interacting using social media. Method: This is study is a descriptive survey, describing society’s knowledge on the management of social media usage in COVID-19 Pandemic. 666 samples were gathered who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Google Form was spread amongst webinar participants, processed and distributed into tables, including average score based on age groups. Results: Majority of the participants (69.5%) achieved a score between 5-6 out of 7 questions that were given. Whilst, 0 participants received scores between 0 to 1. Results achieved by all age groups are almost similar, with age 36-40 appearing on top. Conclusion: Knowledge regarding social media usage management does not appear to be affected by the person’s age. This is because social media has been used by people of all ages, hence have almost similar knowledge regarding its usage.

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