Validated methods of cough assessment: A systematic review of the literature

Respiration

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-174

  Leconte, Sophie ^a   Ferrant, Delphine ^a   Dory, Valérie ^a   Degryse, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

assessment; Cough; measurement; monitoring; Quality of life; Systematic review; Visual analogue scales

Indexed keywords

COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ALGORITHMS; COUGH; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 79951678984     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321231     Document Type: Review

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