Cough management: a practical approach - 2011
Francesco De Blasio, J. Christian Virchow, Mario Polverino, Alessandro Zanasi, Panagiotis Behrakis, Gunsely Kilinç, Rossella Balsamo, G Danieli, Luigi Lanata
Abstract
Cough is one of the most common symptoms for which patients seek medical attention from primary care physicians and pulmonologists. Cough is an important defensive reflex that enhances the clearance of secretions and particles from the airways and protects the lower airways from the aspiration of foreign materials. Therapeutic suppression of coug...... hiện toàn bộ
Impaired urge-to-cough in elderly patients with aspiration pneumonia - 2008
Shinsuke Yamanda, Satoru Ebihara, Takae Ebihara, Makari Yamasaki, Takaaki Asamura, Masanori Asada, Kaori Une, Hiroyuki Arai
Abstract
Background
The down-regulation of the cough reflex in patients with aspiration pneumonia can involve both cortical facilitatory pathways for cough and medullary reflex pathways. In order to study the possible involvement of the supramedullary system in the down-regulation of cough reflex...... hiện toàn bộ
Validation of the ERS standard citric acid cough challenge in healthy adult volunteers Tập 6 - Trang 1-8 - 2010
Caroline E Wright, Jennifer Jackson, Rachel L Thompson, Alyn H Morice
Protocols measuring cough sensitivity can vary in terms of nebuliser, tussive agent, single and dose response. A definitive method for measuring cough sensitivity needs to be established. The ERS guidelines recommend the KoKo DigiDoser (KD) delivery system. Study aim, was to compare the reproducibility of this citric acid (CA) cough challenge and previously established Mefar dosimeter (MD) protoco...... hiện toàn bộ