Cough causes, mechanisms, and therapy / edited by Kian Fan Chung, John G. Widdicombe, Homer A. Boushey.

Other author Chung, K. Fan, 1951-
Other author Widdicombe, John G.
Other author Boushey, Homer A.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMalden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub.,
Descriptionxii, 304 p. : ill.
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Contents The clinical and pathophysiological challenge of cough / Kian Fan Chung -- Epidemiology of cough / Alyn H. Morice -- A brief overview of the mechanisms of cough / John G. Widdicombe -- Clinical assessment of cough / Lorcan P.A. Mcgarvey -- Measurement and assessment of cough / Kian Fan Chung -- Cough sensitivity: the use of provocation tests / Rick W. Fuller -- Causes, assessment and measurement of cough in children / Anne B. Chang -- The quality of life in coughers / Richard S. Irwin, Cynthia T. French & Kenneth E. Fletcher -- Cough in lower airway infections / Wee-Yang Pek & Homer A. Boushey -- Cough and gastro-oesophageal reflux / Alvin J. Ing -- Cough in postnasal drip, rhinitis and rhinosinusitus / Bruno C. Palombini & Elisabeth Araujo -- Cough and airway hyperresponsiveness / Paul M. O'Byrne -- Cough in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Kian Fan Chung & Peter M.A. Calverley -- Cough in suppurative airway diseases / Robert Wilson -- Cough in cancer patients / Sam H. Ahmedzai & Nisar Ahmed -- Sensory pathways for the cough reflex / Stuart B. Mazzone, Brendan J. Canning & John G. Widdicombe -- Neurogenesis of cough / Donald C. Bolser ... [et. al] -- Plasticity of vagal afferent fibres mediating cough / Marian Kollarik & Bradley J. Undem -- Motor mechanisms and the mechanics of cough / Giovanni A. Fontana -- Mucus hypersecretion and mucus clearance in cough / W. Michael Foster -- Animal models of cough / Maria G. Belvisi & David J. Hele -- Mechanisms of actions of centrally acting antitussives: electrophysiological and neurochemical analysis / Kazuo Takahama -- Pharmacology of peripherally acting antitussives / Sandra M. Reynolds, Domenico Spina & Clive P. Page -- Current and potential future antitussive therapies / Peter V. Dicpinigaitis / Placebo effects of antitussive treatments on cough associated with acute upper respiratory tract infection / Ronald Eccles -- Mucoactive agents for the treatment of cough / Bruce K. Rubin -- Management of cough / Kian Fan Chung.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2003011068
ISBN9781405116343
ISBN140511634X

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