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89 Videolaringoscopy and Pepsin Activity in Salive of Volunteers with Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Symptoms Luiz Alberto Alves Mota*, Ana Célia Oliveira dos Santos**, Bartolomeu Cavalcanti de Melo Júnior***, Renata de Oliveira Travassos****, Marília Silvino Iglésias Melo*****. * Master’s Degree. Otorrhinolaryngology Assistant Professor - Universidade de Pernambuco - UPE. ** Doctor’s Degree. Assistant Professor of Physiological Science Department - ICB-UPE. *** Specialist on Head and Neck Surgery. Hospital Universitário Oswaldo Cruz. **** Medicine Student. Universidade de Pernambuco - UPE. Scholarship by PIBIC / UPE / CNPq. ***** Medicine Student. Universidade de Pernambuco. Hospital Universitário Oswaldo Cruz. University Hospital. Institution: Hospital Universitário Oswaldo Cruz-HUOC. Recife / PE – Brazil. Address for correspondence: Luiz Alberto Alves Mota – Rua Venezuela 182 – Espinheiro – Recife / PE – Brazil - Zip code: 52020-170 - Telephone/Fax: (+55 81) 3222-7060 – E-mail: luizmota10@ Article received on February 8, 2008. Article approved on March 27, 2008. SUMMARY Introduction: The laryngopharyngeal reflux is a clinical variation of the Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, presenting with otolaryngologic complaints as: hoarseness, throat clearing, cough, globus pharingeus, odinophagia, laryngeal stridor and dysphagia. Objective: To identify the presence of pepsin in salive of volunteers with laryngopharyngeal reflux symptoms and to correlate with the videolaringoscopy findings. Type of study: Descriptive and transversal. Method: Twenty patients were selected with laryngopharyngeal reflux diagnosis. All of them had very similar regarding social-economic-geographical conditions, in the period from August of 2005 to July of 2006. All the patients also answered a questionnaire about laryngopharyngeal signs and symptoms. They had their salive collected for posterior pepsin ratio and they were submitted to videolaringoscopy exam. Results: The most frequent symptoms between