Cough: An Interdisciplinary Problem, An Issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics

Both acute and chronic cough are responsible for a significant number of ambulatory medical visits annually. The recent comprehensive understanding that "cough” is a reflection of underlying disease pays tribute to the multifactorial causes, as well recognition of the respiratory and upper digestive tract as a "physiologic unit.” This publication highlights the advances made in managing cough and brings these to otolaryngology practitioners in a concise forum, as well as presenting issues of special interest to laryngologists such as paradoxical vocal fold motion, disordered breathing, irritable larynx, evolution of the vagus as a protective circuit, the importance of cough in deglutition, and surgical interventions. Some of the topics include: The cough reflex, sensory receptors, and neurogenic mediators; Mucus and mucins; Cough and Swallowing dysfunction; Cough due to asthma, cough-variant asthma, and nonasthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis; Occupational, environmental, and irritant induced cough; Pharmacologic management; Unexplained cough; Cough in the pediatric population; and Rhinogenic laryngitis, cough and the unified airway; among others.

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth Altman, Kenneth W Altman, Kenneth W. Altman, Altman Kenneth W., Richard Irwin, Richard S Irwin, Richard S. Irwin, Irwin Richard S.
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Science
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2010
• EAN: 9781437718492
• ISBN: 978-1-4377-1849-2
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 15 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 490 g
• Series: The Clinics: Surgery; Otolaryngologic Clinics of Nor
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Otorhinolaryngology (ENT), MEDICAL / Otolaryngology