Chronic cough: An otorhinolaryngology perspective

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 517-522

  Athanasiadis, Theodore ^a   Allen, Jacqui E ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

chronic cough; cough; cough hypersensitivity syndrome; laryngeal sensory neuropathy; laryngopharyngeal reflux; neurogenic cough; post nasal drip

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GABAPENTIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OMEPRAZOLE; PREGABALIN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; CHRONIC COUGH; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; COUGH VARIANT ASTHMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL SENSORY NEUROPATHY; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; LARYNX DISORDER; MECHANORECEPTOR; NOSE DISEASE; OTOLARYNGOLOGIST; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; POST NASAL DISCHARGE; POST NASAL DRIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEDATION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SPEECH THERAPY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STOMACH PH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 84888093674     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3283658eca     Document Type: Review

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