Does idiopathic cough exist?
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01/02/2008
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Resumo |
Despite a meticulous protocol involving diagnostic testing and trials of empirical therapy, there may be no obvious cause for a chronic cough in up to 42% of cases referred for specialist evaluation. In some cases, failure to consider causes that include the asthma/eosinophilic airway syndromes such as eosinophilic bronchitis and atopic cough, or nonacid gastroesophageal reflux disease may explain diagnostic failure. However, a distinct group of patients may be considered to have true idiopathic cough. Current published evidence suggests a certain patient phenotype, namely, middle-aged females with prolonged nonproductive cough and cough reflex hypersensitivity. Almost nothing else is known about this clinical entity and currently no specific therapy exists. |
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eng |
Direitos |
info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
Fonte |
McGarvey , L P A 2008 , ' Does idiopathic cough exist? ' Lung , vol 186 Suppl 1 , no. SUPPL. 1 , pp. S78-81 . DOI: 10.1007/s00408-007-9048-4 |
Palavras-Chave | #/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1300/1314 #Physiology #/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2740 #Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine |
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article |