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ReviewThe Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences2015

Advances in upper airway cough syndrome.

Li Yu, Xianghuai Xu, Hanjing Lv, Zhongmin Qiu

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Review in The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Research Progress on Upper Airway Cough Syndrome.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2025
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  2. WAO - ARIA consensus on chronic cough: Executive summary.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2025
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  5. Chronic Cough.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2022
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  9. When is asthma not guilty?International journal of pediatrics & adolescent medicine · 2021
    Review
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  11. Chronic cough related to the upper airway cough syndrome: one entity but not always the same.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2020
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  13. [Advances of the treatments and diagnosis for sensory laryngeal neuropathy].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2020
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  16. Asthma Mimickers: Approach to Differential Diagnosis.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2018
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  18. Managing patients with chronic cough: challenges and solutions.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2018
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  19. Management of chronic unexplained cough.Annals of thoracic medicine
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Li YuDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xianghuai XuDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Hanjing LvDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Zhongmin QiuDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: 96778@tongji.edu.cn.
Tongji University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Upper airway cough syndrome (UACS), previously referred to as postnasal drip syndrome, is one of the most common causes of chronic cough. However, the pathogenesis of UACS/postnasal drip syndrome remains unclear, and physicians in countries throughout the world have different definitions and ways of treating this disease. The various proposed pathogeneses of UACS include the early postnasal drip theory, subsequent chronic airway inflammation theory, and a recent sensory neural hypersensitivity theory. Additionally, some researchers suggest that UACS is a clinical phenotype of cough hypersensitivity syndrome. While the general principles involved in treating UACS are similar throughout the world, the specific details of treatment differ. This review summarizes the various definitions, pathogenic mechanisms, treatments, and other aspects of UACS, to aid clinicians in expanding their knowledge of how to diagnose and treat this syndrome.

Indexed as

Chronic DiseaseCoughHumansInflammationNasal MucosaAirway inflammationAtopic coughCough hypersensitivity syndromeSinobronchial syndromeUpper airway cough syndrome

Identifiers

PMID25910556
PMCPMC11915913
OpenAlexW2066514661

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