Chronic cough and OSA: A new association?

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 669-677

  Sundar, Krishna M ^a   Daly, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Chronic cough; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Obstructive sleep apnea; Upper airway cough syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; FLUTICASONE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METHACHOLINE; MONTELUKAST; PLACEBO; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STEROID;

AIRWAY INFLAMMATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILDHOOD ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC COUGH; COUGH VARIANT ASTHMA; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHILIA; FATIGUE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NOSE CONGESTION; OBESITY; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER AIRWAY COUGH SYNDROME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; COUGH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855670592     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.1482     Document Type: Review

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