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ReviewLung2012

Cough hypersensitivity syndrome is an important clinical concept: a pro/con debate.

Alyn H Morice, Lorcan P A McGarvey, Peter V Dicpinigaitis

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In one paragraph

Review in Lung, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06669897 (Validation of a Questionnaire to Measure Cough Severity in Patients With Chronic Cough), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
6.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06669897 recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Validation of a Questionnaire to Measure Cough Severity in Patients With Chronic Cough

TypeobservationalSponsorFundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant PauRan2025 to 2026Enrolled100ConditionsCoughArmsQuestionnaire
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Antitussive drugs--past, present, and future.Pharmacological reviews · 2014
    Review
  9. Chronic cough hypersensitivity syndrome.Cough (London, England) · 2013
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  11. Estrogen effects in allergy and asthma.Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology · 2013
    Review
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  14. A 54 year-old man with a chronic cough--Following referral: a secondary care perspective from the UK.Primary care respiratory journal : journal of the General Practice Airways Group · 2012
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  15. Evaluation methods and influencing factors of cough sensitivity.Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alyn H MoriceCardiovascular and Respiratory Studies, University of Hull, Hull York Medical School, Castle Hill Hospital, Castle Road, Cottingham, East Yorkshire HU16 5JQ, UK.
Lorcan P A McGarvey
Peter V Dicpinigaitis
Hull York Medical School · GBMontefiore Medical Center · USQueen's University Belfast · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The major etiologies of chronic cough are generally accepted to consist of upper airway cough syndrome (formerly postnasal drip syndrome), eosinophilic airway inflammation (asthma, nonasthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis), and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). However, only a small percentage of patients with these very common conditions suffers from chronic cough. Furthermore, acute cough due to viral upper respiratory tract infection (URI) is almost always a transient, self-limited condition, yet in a small subgroup of patients, URI heralds the onset of chronic, refractory cough. The cough hypersensitivity syndrome has been proposed to explain the occurrence of chronic cough in a subgroup of patients exposed to the same putative triggers as the vast majority of the population in whom chronic cough does not result. Although conceptually the cough hypersensitivity syndrome may be intellectually satisfying, differences of opinion remain as to whether this newly recognized entity is of clinical significance, i.e., useful for the treatment of patients suffering from chronic cough. The Third American Cough Conference, held in New York in June 2011, provided an ideal forum for the debate of this issue between two internationally recognized authorities in the field of cough.

Indexed as

Chronic DiseaseCoughHumansNeurons, AfferentRespiratory SystemSyndromeTerminology as TopicTransient Receptor Potential ChannelsTransient Receptor Potential Channels

Identifiers

PMID22186805
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