The oesophagus and cough: Laryngo-pharyngeal reflux, microaspiration and vagal reflexes

Cough

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Smith, Jaclyn A ^a,b   Houghton, Lesley A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; GABAPENTIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; KETAMINE; LESOGABERAN; MORPHINE; PEPSIN A; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; AIRWAY PRESSURE; BRONCHOSPASM; CHRONIC COUGH; COUGHING; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG LAVAGE; PERISTALSIS; PROVOCATION; REVIEW; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS REFLEX;

EID: 84876073591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-9974-9-12     Document Type: Review

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