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ReviewBritish journal of pharmacology2020

Cough as an adverse effect on inhalation pharmaceutical products.

Rachel Yoon Kyung Chang, Philip Chi Lip Kwok, Sussan Ghassabian, John D Brannan, Heikki O Koskela, Hak-Kim Chan

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Review in British journal of pharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Rachel Yoon Kyung ChangAdvanced Drug Delivery Group, Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Philip Chi Lip KwokAdvanced Drug Delivery Group, Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5362-0671
Sussan GhassabianAdvanced Drug Delivery Group, Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2832-9038
John D BrannanDepartment of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7243-7998
Heikki O KoskelaUnit for Medicine and Clinical Research, Pulmonary Division, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-3386-3262
Hak-Kim ChanAdvanced Drug Delivery Group, Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7054-3137
The University of Sydney · AUJohn Hunter Hospital · AUUniversity of Eastern Finland · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cough is an adverse effect that may hinder the delivery of drugs into the lungs. Chemical or mechanical stimulants activate the transient receptor potential in some airway afferent nerves (C-fibres or A-fibres) to trigger cough. Types of inhaler device and drug, dose, excipients and formulation characteristics, including pH, tonicity, aerosol output and particle size may trigger cough by stimulating the cough receptors. Release of inflammatory mediators may increase the sensitivity of the cough receptors to stimulants. The cough-provoking effect of aerosols is enhanced by bronchoconstriction in diseased airways and reduces drug deposition in the target pulmonary regions. In this article, we review the factors by which inhalation products may cause cough.

Indexed as

Administration, InhalationBronchoconstrictionCoughAerosolsHumansLungParticle SizeAerosolsadverse effectaerosolcoughinhalationpharmaceutical products

Identifiers

PMID32668011
PMCPMC7443471
OpenAlexW3043447682

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