| Title |
Cough in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: is it important and what are the effects of treatment?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Cough, June 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-9974-9-17 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Peter MA Calverley |
| Abstract |
Over the last 40 years the assessment and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has focused primarily on airflow obstruction with little significance given to the problem of cough. The reasons for this include a view that cough arises simply from the direct irritant and inflammatory effect of cigarette smoke or the presence of excess mucus in the airways. Doubt that cough is of any consequence to patients or responsive to current therapies has reinforced this opinion. At odds with this is the emerging evidence that cough impacts adversely on patients' health status and forms an important component of recently validated quality of life instruments. This article presents the arguments why the assessment and treatment of cough should have a more prominent place in the clinical management of COPD. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 33% |
| Unknown | 4 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 17% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 55 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 14 | 25% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 11% |
| Other | 5 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 7 | 12% |
| Unknown | 8 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 44% |
| Engineering | 7 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 11% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 5 | 9% |
| Unknown | 7 | 12% |
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