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Published on: August 24, 2019
Quality of life in patients with chronic cough
1North West Lung Research Centre, University Hospital South Manchester, Manchester, UK. emma.young@manchester.ac.uk
Abstract:
Chronic cough is a relatively common symptom for which effective, acceptable treatments are lacking. Many patients suffer frequent coughing over several years without resolution and this has significant physical, social and psychological consequences. The recent development of cough-specific quality-of-life tools now allows quantification of the burden of coughing both in patients specifically presenting with chronic cough and also in common respiratory conditions.
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