The major etiologies of chronic cough are generally accepted to consist of upper airway
cough syndrome (formerly postnasal drip syndrome), eosinophilic airway inflammation …

The recent European Respiratory Society (ERS) Task Force Report on chronic cough [1]
should be commended for drawing attention to a neglected area of respiratory medicine and …

In 2011, a European Respiratory Society Task Force embarked on a process to determine
the position and clinical relevance of the cough hypersensitivity syndrome, a disorder …

Although cough is a highly frequent motive for visiting the doctor among both adults and
children in primary care [ 1, 2], it usually resolves spontaneously within a few days or weeks …

Cough is the most common reason why patients seek medical attention. Acute cough due to
viral upper respiratory tract infection is usually self-limiting and seldom requires …

Cough reflex is a vital protective mechanism against aspiration, but when dysregulated, it
can become hypersensitive. In fact, chronic cough is a significant medical problem with a …

Chronic cough remains a challenge to many clinicians because there is often no diagnostic
link to causation, and because indirect antitussives are largely ineffective. Chronic cough …

We thank RD Turner and GH Bothamley for their supportive comments concerning our task
force report on chronic cough [1]. There is much to agree with in their remarks. But perhaps …

For many years patients with chronic cough have been investigated in an attempt to
diagnose the cause of the cough. Here I suggest that the overwhelming majority of patients …

Chronic cough has been suggested to be due to three conditions, asthma, post nasal drip,
and reflux disease. A different paradigm has evolved in which cough is viewed as the …