Somatically evoked cough responses help to identify patients with difficult-to-treat chronic cough: a six-month observational cohort study

ABSTRACT: Summary

Background

Recently we identified in patients with chronic cough a sensory dysregulation via which the urge-to-cough (UTC) or coughing are evoked mechanically from “somatic points for cough” (SPCs) in the neck and upper trunk. We investigated the prevalence and the clinical relevance of SPCs in an unselected population of patients with chronic cough.

Methods

From 2018 to 2021, symptoms of 317 consecutive patients with chronic cough (233 females) were collected on four visits (V1–V4) 2 months apart at the Cough Clinic of the University Hospital in Florence (I). Participants rated the disturbance caused by the cough (0–9 modified Borg Scale). We attempted to evoke coughing and/or UTC using mechanical actions in all participants who were subsequently categorised as r

SUBMITTER: Lavorini F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9975680 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature