Evaluation of Efficacy of Screening Using "Evaluation Score" for Patients Complaining of Foreign-body Sensation in the Throat

Abstract

Statistical investigation were carried out on 149 patients with foreign-body sensation in the thoat. The patients were given a minor tranquilizer (Medazepam, Mexazolam, Bromazepam) and an anti-inflammatory enzyme for screening and treatment.
The screening was designed to detect high risk patients. We evaluated the efficacy of the screening using evaluation score.
All 11 patients who had a tumor such as hypopharyngeal cancer, nasopharyngeal tumor, thyroid adenoma showed not improvement in score after treatment. This means there was no false negative cases in the screening.
There were 98 patients who had a in f lammatory disease or no evidence of disease.
Forty-eight patients (49%) showed improvement in their scores after trea t m ent. The most effective tranquilizer was Bromazepam (70.8%), followed by Mexasolam (43.3%) and Medasepam (40.9%).