Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Chronic cough and laryngeal dysfunction improve with specific treatment of cough and paradoxical vocal fold movement. | Cough BioMed Central Research Chronic cough and laryngeal dysfunction improve with specific treatment of cough and paradoxical vocal fold movement Nicole M Ryan 1 2 Anne E Vertigan1 3 and Peter G Gibson1 2 Open Access Address 1Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Diseases School of Medicine and Public Health The University of Newcastle Newcastle 2308 NSW Australia 2Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Hunter Medical Research Institute John Hunter Hospital Newcastle 2310 NSW Australia and 3Department of Speech Pathology John Hunter Hospital Newcastle 2310 NSW Australia Email Nicole M Ryan - Anne E Vertigan - Peter G Gibson - Corresponding author Published 17 March 2009 Received 18 November 2008 Accepted 17 March 2009 Cough 2009 5 4 doi l745-9974-5-4 p This article is available from http content 5 1 4 2009 Ryan et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Rationale Chronic persistent cough can be associated with laryngeal dysfunction that leads to symptoms such as dysphonia sensory hyperresponsiveness to capsaicin and motor dysfunction with paradoxical vocal fold movement and variable extrathoracic airflow obstruction reduced inspiratory airflow . Successful therapy of chronic persistent cough improves symptoms and sensory hyperresponsiveness. The effects of treatment for chronic cough on laryngeal dysfunction are not known. Objective The aim of this study was to investigate effects of therapy for chronic cough and paradoxical vocal fold movement. Methods Adults with chronic cough n 24 were assessed before and after treatment for chronic persistent cough by measuring quality of
