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Cough : causes, mechanisms, and therapy /

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Other Authors: Chung, K. Fan, 1951-, Widdicombe, John G., Boushey, Homer A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2003.
Subjects:
Cough.
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Table of 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 [and others]
  • 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.