PepsinCheck

Happy National Medical Assistant Recognition Week!

October 21-25 is National Medical Assistant Recognition Week. We want to take this opportunity to thank all the medical assistants that we work with and recognize the vital role they play in maintaining patient health and well-being.

The pHoenix score improves the distinction between normal and pathological cases and reduces ambiguity, offering an alternative approach to diagnosing GERD that addresses the limitations of using total acid exposure time or the DeMeester Score.

After recognizing that the standard threshold of pH 4 was not sensitive enough to detect reflux in the oropharynx, we introduced a new scoring system for pharyngeal pH testing called the RYAN Score in 2009. Then we further refined our a quantitative scoring system specifically for ENT populations, resulting in the Sataloff Score (2021).

We applaud ongoing efforts to enhance diagnostic scoring systems, ensuring more precise results and better treatment decisions for patients!

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39192040/