Boom L, et al. - In individuals with suspected lower pharyngeal reflux, presenting with globus pharyngeus as their primary complaint, researchers assessed the patient-reported reflux symptom index (RSI) and the doctors-reported Reflux finding score (RFS) as potential predictors for proton pump inhibitor (PPI) response. The research project was carried out at the ENT department of Isala hospital Zwolle, the Netherlands. The sample consisted of 101 participants with globus pharyngeus symptoms as a primary complaint. Together, as well as separately, RSI and RFS pretreatment scores can help predict treatment response to validated PPI treatment in patients with symptoms of the globus pharyngeus.