Reflux-cough syndrome: Assessment of temporal association between reflux episodes and cough bursts.
Neurogastroenterol Motil
; 29(12)2017 Dec.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28612466
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Gastro-esophageal reflux can be the cause of chronic cough. In the assessment of the temporal association between reflux and cough, previous studies have used a two-minute time window, based on studies in patients with heartburn. However, it remains unclear whether the optimal time window duration for the evaluation of reflux-induced cough is two minutes as well. Therefore, we aimed to determine whether a two-minute time window is optimal to diagnose reflux-induced cough.METHODS:
In this multicenter study, 137 patients with chronic cough were evaluated using 24-h pH-impedance-pressure monitoring. Repetitive symptom association analysis was employed using an array of time windows of various duration. For each time window, the symptom association probability (SAP) and symptom index (SI) were calculated. KEYRESULTS:
A total of 4377 cough burst episodes and 5074 reflux episodes were detected. The number of patients with a positive SAP increased with increasing window duration until a plateau was reached around a time window duration of 1.5 min. Similarly, the SI increased steeply until a window duration of about 2 min, after which a linear increase was seen. CONCLUSIONS AND INFERENCES A two-minute time window seems appropriate for evaluation of the relationship between reflux and chronic cough using 24-h pH-impedance-pressure monitoring. A time window duration of 30 s or 1 min is too short to diagnose patients with reflux-induced cough accurately.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Refluxo Gastroesofágico
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Tosse
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Monitoramento do pH Esofágico
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Manometria
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neurogastroenterol Motil
Assunto da revista:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
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NEUROLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Holanda