ALLMedicine™ Chronic Cough Center

Mar 22nd, 2023 - The clinical management of nonacid gastroesophageal reflux-induced chronic cough (GERC) is challenging, and patient response to standard antireflux therapy (omeprazole 20 mg twice daily plus mosapride 10 mg thrice daily) is suboptimal. This study ...

Mar 21st, 2023 - A vagal nerve stimulator (VNS) has been established as the treatment of choice for children with refractory epilepsy. The outcomes of the procedure have been well documented in adults but are less clear in children. The goal of our study was to re...

Mar 20th, 2023 - History Acute bronchitis begins as a respiratory tract infection that manifests as the common cold. Symptoms often include coryza, malaise, chills, slight fever, sore throat, and back and muscle pain. The cough in these children is usually accompa...

Mar 18th, 2023 - Chronic cough is a heterogeneous disease with various aetiologies that are difficult to determine. Our study aimed to categorise the phenotypes of chronic cough. Adult patients with chronic cough were assessed based on the characteristics and seve...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Approach Considerations Laboratory studies are not specific for hernia but may be useful for general medical evaluation. Imaging studies are not required in the normal workup of a hernia [7, 8] ; however, radiography, computed tomography (CT), or ...

Nov 20th, 2021 - Chronic cough is defined by a duration lasting at least 8 weeks. The most common causes of chronic cough include smoking-related lung disease, upper airway cough syndrome, asthma, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and nonasthmatic eosinophilic bron...

Mar 18th, 2020 - Cough is one of the most common presenting symptoms to general practitioners. The objective of this article is to collate the pediatric components of the CHEST chronic cough guidelines that have recently updated the 2006 guidelines to assist gener...

Feb 28th, 2020 - Chronic cough due to chronic bronchitis (CB) causes significant impairment in quality of life, and effective treatment strategies are needed. We conducted a systematic review on the management of chronic cough due to CB to update the recommendatio...

Feb 25th, 2020 - Evidence for the diagnosis and management of cough due to acute bronchitis in immunocompetent adult outpatients was reviewed as an update to the 2006 "Chronic Cough Due to Acute Bronchitis: American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Evidence-Base...

Jan 24th, 2020 - Asthma and non-asthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis (NAEB) are among the commonest causes of chronic cough in adults. We sought to determine the role of non-invasive measurements of airway inflammation, including induced sputum and fractional exhaled...

Mar 8th, 2023 - Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD), defined as the presence of symptoms or lesions that can be attributed to the reflux of gastric contents into the esophagus, is an increasingly prevalent condition in Western societies. The most typical symp...

Mar 6th, 2023 - The primary efficacy objective is to assess the effect of BLU-5937 on 24-hour cough frequency in adults with refractory chronic cough (including unexplained chronic cough) at 24 weeks.

Mar 6th, 2023 - The primary efficacy objective is to assess the effect of BLU-5937 on 24-hour cough frequency in adults with refractory chronic cough (including unexplained chronic cough) at 12 weeks.

Mar 2nd, 2023 - Descriptive Score: CC-QOL, CET,VAS, Peds-QOL,SCAS and Verbal category Score (VCD); descriptive score: DESCRIPTIVE score; descriptive score: DESCRIPTIVE score; descriptive score: DESCRIPTIVE score; To evaluate the reliability and validity of Cc-QOL...

Mar 2nd, 2023 - After chronic cough diagnosis, the Principal Investigator (or his designee) will identify potentially eligible patients to participate in this study based on the predefined inclusion criteria. The study will recruit patients with a cough that has ...

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Nov 1st, 2022 - In updated guidelines released in May, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) continued to recommend against routine screening for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in asymptomatic adults, and pivotal new research showed no be...

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Sep 19th, 2022 - Individuals with esophageal dysmotility had significantly higher scores on measures of airway reflux symptoms, based on data from 441 patients. Many patients with chronic respiratory diseases experience persistent symptoms despite optimal treatmen.

Aug 3rd, 2022 - George D. Lundberg, MD Physicians in 2022 have a vast array of clinical laboratory — and other diagnostic — tests from which to choose. What tests should we order, and why? Laboratory tests should not be ordered until or unless the physician knows...