Clinical characteristics in adult patients with somatic cough syndrome.

Kefang LaiWen PengWenzhi ZhanJia-Xing XieJing TianXiao-Ping ZuoLi LongJia-Man TangJia-Yu PanMei JiangNan-Shan Zhong

Published in: Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease (2022)

In spite of much higher proportion of dry cough and smaller proportion of nocturnal cough, adult patients with somatic cough syndrome show similar clinical characteristics with other chronic cough patients, in regard of cough triggers, accompanying symptoms as well as abnormal results of investigations, which should be an important reason for misdiagnosis of somatic cough syndrome. Psychiatric disorder should be addressed in clinical management of chronic cough.

Keyphrases

copy number
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
blood pressure
ejection fraction
gene expression
physical activity
depressive symptoms