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Surinder S. Birring
Researcher at King's College London
Publications - 284
Citations - 10997
Surinder S. Birring is an academic researcher from King's College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chronic cough & Cough reflex. The author has an hindex of 48, co-authored 255 publications receiving 8040 citations. Previous affiliations of Surinder S. Birring include King's College & University of Cambridge.
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Development of a symptom specific health status measure for patients with chronic cough: Leicester Cough Questionnaire (LCQ)
TL;DR: The Leicester Cough Questionnaire is a valid, repeatable 19 item self-completed quality of life measure of chronic cough which is responsive to change and should be a useful tool in clinical trials and longitudinal studies.
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ERS guidelines on the assessment of cough
Alyn H. Morice,Giovanni A. Fontana,Maria G. Belvisi,Surinder S. Birring,Kian Fan Chung,Peter V. Dicpinigaitis,J A Kastelik,Lorcan McGarvey,Jaclyn A. Smith,Milos Tatar,John Widdicombe +10 more
TL;DR: Cough can have profound effects on health status, which can be assessed by cough-specific health status questionnaires, and may be used to follow change in cough reflex sensitivity in an individual.
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ERS guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic cough in adults and children
Alyn H. Morice,Eva Millqvist,Kristina Bieksiene,Surinder S. Birring,Surinder S. Birring,Peter V. Dicpinigaitis,Christian Domingo Ribas,Michele Hilton Boon,Ahmad Kantar,Kefang Lai,Lorcan McGarvey,David Rigau,Imran Satia,Jacky Smith,Woo-Jung Song,Thomy Tonia,Jan W.K. van den Berg,Mirjam J.G. van Manen,Angela Zacharasiewicz +18 more
TL;DR: In adults, cough hypersensitivity has become the overarching diagnosis, and in children, persistent bacterial bronchitis explains most wet cough, changing treatment advice.
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Gabapentin for refractory chronic cough: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Nicole M. Ryan,Nicole M. Ryan,Surinder S. Birring,Peter G. Gibson,Peter G. Gibson,Peter G. Gibson +5 more
TL;DR: The treatment of refractory chronic cough with gabapentin is both effective and well tolerated, and positive effects suggest that central reflex sensitisation is a relevant mechanism in refractor chronic cough.
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Expert opinion on the cough hypersensitivity syndrome in respiratory medicine
Alyn H. Morice,Eva Millqvist,Maria G. Belvisi,Kristina Bieksiene,Surinder S. Birring,Kian Fan Chung,Roberto W. Dal Negro,Peter V. Dicpinigaitis,Ahmad Kantar,Lorcan McGarvey,Adalberto Pacheco,Raimundas Sakalauskas,Jaclyn A. Smith +12 more
TL;DR: It is considered that support of patients with chronic cough was inadequate and the Task Force recommends that further work is urgently required in this neglected area.