Blood eosinophils as a predictor of treatment response in adults with difficult-to-treat chronic cough.

ABSTRACT: There is lack of evidence on the role of blood eosinophil count (BEC) as a predictor of treatment response in patients with chronic cough. The study aimed to evaluate BEC as a predictor of treatment response in all non-smoking adults with chronic cough and normal chest radiograph referred to cough clinic and in a subgroup of patients with chronic cough due to asthma or non-asthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis (NAEB). This prospective cohort study included 142 consecutive, non-smoking patients referred to our cough centre due to chronic cough. The management of chronic cough was performed according to the current recommendations. At least a 30-mm decrease of 100-mm visual analogue scale in cough severity and a 1.3 points improvement in Leicester Cough Questionnaire were classified as a good th

SUBMITTER: Rybka-Fraczek A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8628748 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature