Cough: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment
This book provides an updated and comprehensive overview of cough, while opening new perspectives for their treatment and management. It enables readers to not only discover new physiologic features and mechanisms but also to gain an in-depth understandin
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Cough: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment
Alessandro Zanasi Giovanni A. Fontana • Donatella Mutolo Editors
Cough: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment
Editors Alessandro Zanasi Cough Study and Treatment Centre S.I.S.Me.R. Bologna Italy Donatella Mutolo Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine - Section of Physiology University of Florence Florence Italy
Giovanni A. Fontana Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery University of Florence Florence Italy
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Preface
Patients usually refer to the doctor complaining of a symptom but the vast majority of medical textbooks focus on diseases rather than on symptom management. Therefore, it follows that a symptom-oriented approach probably best reflects the correct patient/physician interaction in all fields of clinical medicine. Symptoms like dyspnoea, sneezing and cough are normal behavioural responses brought about by changes in the physiological milieu of the respiratory tract. These symptoms are not pathological conditions per se, as they may be in the case of pain; however, when they persist and/or are troublesome, they may become intolerable and result in severe worsening of the patient’s quality of life. Chronic cough, that is a cough lasting longer than eight weeks, is among the most common respiratory symptoms for which patients seek medical advice. It has long been recognised that virtually all diseases of the respi
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