Full Description
Cough is one of the most common
symptoms in medicine, yet chronic cough remains a challenging but under-recognised
disorder. Long regarded merely as a symptom, it is now increasingly recognised
as a disease in its own right. This ERS Monograph is the first to focus
entirely on chronic cough. It brings together experts in the field to illuminate
the journey from symptom-based to mechanism-based thinking, in order to
highlight the remaining challenges in disease recognition, classification and
management, and to outline strategies for improving patient care, thereby advancing
the field.
Contents
Chronic cough: nomenclature and classification
The epidemiology of chronic cough
The disease burden of chronic cough
Living with chronic cough: the patient perspective
Neural pathways for cough
Therapeutic strategies that target vagal C-fibre terminals
for the treatment of chronic cough
Peripheral and central mechanisms of cough hypersensitivity
Airway mucosal mediation of chronic cough and cough
hypersensitivity
Clinical trial outcome measures in cough
How to measure cough hypersensitivity
Current pharmacological therapies for chronic cough
Current nonpharmacological therapies for chronic cough
A practical guide to establishing a cough clinic
Diagnostic approach to treatable traits in adults
Chronic cough as a primary disease
Chronic cough and asthma
Chronic cough and COPD
Chronic cough and interstitial lung disease
Chronic cough and bronchiectasis
Chronic cough and oesophageal disorders
Chronic cough and sinonasal disease
Chronic cough and infection
Chronic cough and neurological disorders
Approach to chronic cough in children
Use of digital monitoring technologies to measure chronic
cough: "cough-omics"
Recent developments in the antitussive area
Future directions for clinical research development in
chronic cough
