title: [Obscure coughing and the feeling of suffocation during sleep. Long-term nocturnal acoustic recording].
abstract: A 58-year old male presented with a 6-week history of increasing nocturnal cough, dyspnea and awakening. Physical examination, chest auscultation and lung function in the daytime did not show any pathological findings. Only nocturnal long-term recording of respiratory sounds was helpful: In- and expiratory wheezing, as the acoustic manifestation of airway obstruction, was found throughout the night. As the cause for nocturnal cough and distinct airway obstruction, a pansinusitis with postnasal drip syndrome was diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Innere Medizin, SP Pneumologie, Intensiv- und Schlafmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg, Standort Marburg, Baldingerstrasse 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany. koehleru@mailer.uni-marburg.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reinke
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dette
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Koehler
mesh_terms: D001314:Auscultation / Q000379:methods*; D003371:Cough / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017286:Polysomnography / Q000379:methods*; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013577:Syndrome