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eMediNexus 09 May 2021
Hara J. et al1 discussed the aetiologies of chronic cough using the pathophysiological diagnostic procedure and determined the outcomes of treatment administered based on aetiology.
They retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients with chronic cough and analyzed the pathophysiological diagnostic procedure-based aetiologies and corresponding treatments. The pathophysiological diagnostic procedure used was the capsaicin cough test, methacholine cough test, bronchial reversibility test, bronchial responsiveness test, chest and sinus CT, and sputum examinations.
The diagnostic criteria for establishing various conditions in the study were as follows-
The observations of the study were as follows-
Thus they regarded pathophysiological diagnostic procedure to provide a rapid and objective diagnosis of chronic cough aetiology, leading to superior treatment results compared to the therapeutic diagnostic procedure.
Source: Hara J, Fujimura M, Yasui M, Takeda R, Ohkura N. Aetiologies of chronic cough diagnosed using a pathophysiologic diagnostic procedure and their treatment outcomes. medRxiv 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.19.21252115
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