title: [What is Important for Diagnosis and Therapy Follow-up in Chronic Cough?].
abstract: Within the last years there has been significant progress in the field of chronic cough. So far, the analysis and evaluation of chronic cough was done mainly on the basis of subjective methods such as manual counts of cough events, questionnaires and diaries. Testing cough hypersensitivity and monitoring 24 h cough represent objective criteria. Validated questionnaires on cough frequency and quality of life represent the impact of chronic cough. Cough frequency monitoring, the preferred tool to objectively assess cough, should be used as primary end-point in clinical trials. It will also be possible to discriminate between productive and non-productive cough. The relationship with subjective measures of cough is weak. In the future, cough and its therapy should therefore be assessed with a combination of subjective and objective tools.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Innere Medizin, SP Pneumologie, Intensiv- und Schlafmedizin, Philipps-Universität, Marburg.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Koehler
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Innere Medizin, SP Pneumologie, Intensiv- und Schlafmedizin, Philipps-Universität, Marburg.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hildebrandt
authors.affiliation: Klinik für HNO, Philipps-Universität, Marburg.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Walliczek
authors.affiliation: Thora Tech GmbH, Gießen.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Höhle
authors.affiliation: Thora Tech GmbH, Gießen.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weissflog
authors.affiliation: Thora Tech GmbH, Gießen.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heselhaus
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Pädiatrische Pneumologie und Allergologie, Universitäts-Kinderklinik Ostbayern am KUNO-Standort St. Hedwig, Regensburg.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kerzel
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Pädiatrische Pneumologie und Allergologie, Universitäts-Kinderklinik Ostbayern am KUNO-Standort St. Hedwig, Regensburg.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich GES, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Gießen.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sohrabi
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich GES, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Gießen.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003371:Cough / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods*; D063868:Patient Outcome Assessment; D057566:Self Report; D063189:Symptom Assessment / Q000379:methods