A longitudinal assessment of acute cough

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 991-997

  Lee, Kai K ^a   Matos, Sergio ^b   Evans, David H ^c   White, Patrick ^d   Pavord, Ian D ^e   Birring, Surinder S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute cough; Cough; Leicester cough monitor; Leicester cough questionnaire; Upper respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

ACUTE COUGH; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COUGH FREQUENCY MONITOR; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEICESTER COUGH MONITOR; LEICESTER COUGH QUESTIONNAIRE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SAMPLE SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84877111516     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201209-1686OC     Document Type: Article

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