BACKGROUND & AIMS: Central sensitization is thought to play a role in chronic cough and
might explain the temporal association between cough and gastroesophageal reflux (GOR) …

Background: Women are consistently over-represented in specialist cough clinics and known
to have a more sensitive cough reflex than men. Whether female sex and other patient …

Background: Cough reflex sensitivity, subjective estimates of cough frequency and cough-related
quality of life have been used to assess cough and monitor treatment responses. The …

Background The urge-to-cough is a consciously perceived compulsion, previously investigated
in healthy volunteers inhaling irritants. We aimed to characterise the urge-to-cough and …

Background Microaspiration is often considered a potential cause of cough. The aim of this
study was to investigate the relationship between microaspiration, the degree and type of …

Rationale: Human lung transplantation is a therapeutic option for selected patients with
advanced cardiopulmonary disease, but long-term survival is limited by chronic rejection. …

Educational aims To help readers understand the best way to use oxygen when they care
for patients with medical emergencies. To encourage best practice in the use of emergency …

Background Currently, no data are available on the relationship between changes in
objective and subjective measures of cough, the magnitude of change in cough frequency …

The algorithms utilised in the diagnosis of chronic cough advocate sequential investigations
and treatment trials for asthma-like syndromes, post-nasal drip and gastro-oesophageal …

Editor–The concept of a standardised national Early Warning Scoring System is very
welcome and we strongly support this initiative by the Royal College of Physicians (Clin Med …