Refractory Chronic Cough: New Perspectives in Diagnosis and Treatment |
| |
Authors: | Adalberto Pacheco Ignacio Cobeta Carolin Wagner |
| |
Institution: | 2. Department of Public Health, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah;3. Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| |
Abstract: | In patients with chronic cough, nearly 40% of the population does not experience definitive improvement of their cough despite correctly applying the anatomic diagnosis. In many of these patients with refractory cough, laryngeal symptoms are frequent. The region of the larynx/pharynx is configured as a bridge between the esophagus and the upper and lower respiratory tract. The association of reflux in patients with chronic cough and symptoms such as globus pharyngis, itchiness or the need to clear one's throat have recently been given attention due to the possibility of joint therapeutic intervention of the gastroesophageal reflux and larynx, both with new medications as well as with laryngeal rehabilitation therapies, with observed benefits in the disappearance of chronic cough in cases that had been previously labeled as refractory. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录! |
|