Cough suppressant and pharmacologic protussive therapy: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
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For example, this paper found that mucolytic agents are not consistently effective in ameliorating cough in patients with bronchitis, although they may be of benefit to this population in other ways.About:
This article is published in Chest.The article was published on 2006-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 125 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Chronic bronchitis & Cough reflex.read more
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Diagnosis and Management of Cough Executive Summary: ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
Richard S. Irwin,Michael H. Baumann,Donald C. Bolser,Louis-Philippe Boulet,Sidney S. Braman,Christopher E. Brightling,Kevin K. Brown,Brendan J. Canning,Anne B. Chang,Peter V. Dicpinigaitis,Ronald Eccles,W. Brendle Glomb,Larry B. Goldstein,Le Roy M. Graham,Frederick E. Hargreave,Paul A. Kvale,Sandra Zelman Lewis,F. Dennis McCool,Douglas C McCrory,Udaya B. S. Prakash,Melvin R. Pratter,Mark J. Rosen,Edward S. Schulman,John J. Shannon,Carol Smith Hammond,Susan M. Tarlo +25 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented guidelines for managing acute, subacute, and chronic cough in adult and pediatric patients with a focus on the diagnosis and treatment of cough, the symptom, and minimization of discussion of cough as a defense mechanism.
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Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment Reduces Mortality in Patients with Ischemic Stroke and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A 5-Year Follow-up Study
Miguel Ángel Martínez-García,Juan José Soler-Cataluña,Laura Ejarque-Martínez,Youssef Soriano,Pilar Román-Sánchez,Ferrán Barbé Illa,Josep María Montserrat Canal,Joaquín Durán-Cantolla +7 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that long-term CPAP treatment in moderate to severe OSA and ischemic stroke is associated with a reduction in excess risk of mortality.
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AARC Clinical Practice Guideline: Effectiveness of Nonpharmacologic Airway Clearance Therapies in Hospitalized Patients
Shawna L Strickland,Bruce K. Rubin,Carl F Haas,Teresa A Volsko,Gail S Drescher,Catherine A O'Malley +5 more
TL;DR: These guidelines were developed from a systematic review with the purpose of determining whether the use of nonpharmacologic ACT improves oxygenation, reduces length of time on the ventilator, reduces stay in the ICU, resolves atelectasis/consolidation, and/or improves respiratory mechanics, versus usual care in 3 populations.
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Treatment of the common cold in children and adults.
TL;DR: Prophylactic vitamin C modestly reduces cold symptom duration in adults and children, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and some herbal preparations, including Echinacea purpurea, improve symptoms in adults.
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Antitussive drugs--past, present, and future
Peter V. Dicpinigaitis,Alyn H. Morice,Surinder S. Birring,Lorcan McGarvey,Jaclyn A. Smith,Brendan J. Canning,Clive P. Page +6 more
TL;DR: A review of the current understanding of the pathogenesis of cough and the hypertussive state characterizing a number of diseases as well as reviewing the evidence for the different classes of antitussive drug currently in clinical use can be found in this paper.
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Managing Cough as a Defense Mechanism and as a Symptom: A Consensus Panel Report of the American College of Chest Physicians
Richard S. Irwin,Louis-Philipe Boulet,Michelle M. Cloutier,Richard Fuller,Philip M. Gold,Victor Hoffstein,Alvin J. Ing,F. Dennis McCool,Paul M. O'Byrne,Robert H. Poe,Udaya B. S. Prakash,Melvin R. Pratter,Bruce K. Rubin +12 more
TL;DR: O'Byrne et al. as discussed by the authors presented a consensus panel report on managing cough as a defense mechanism and as a symptom, which concluded that it is a symptom of lung cancer.
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Guidelines for Evaluating Chronic Cough in Pediatrics: ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
Anne B. Chang,William B. Glomb +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present evidence-based guidelines to assist general and specialist medical practitioners in the evaluation and management of children who present with chronic cough, which is subdivided into specific cough and nonspecific cough (cough associated with other symptoms and signs suggestive of an associated or underlying problem).
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Intrathecal baclofen for spasticity of spinal origin: seven years of experience.
TL;DR: It is suggested that long-term control of spinal spasticity by intrathecal baclofen can be achieved in most patients.
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Duration of symptoms and plasma cytokine levels in patients with the common cold treated with zinc acetate. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
TL;DR: The duration ofcold symptoms in zinc-treated and placebo-treated participants was determined and plasma zinc and proinflammatory cytokine levels were assayed on the day 1 of the study and at the end of the resolution of cold symptoms in both groups.
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Reduction in duration of common colds by zinc gluconate lozenges in a double-blind study.
TL;DR: Zinc lozenges shortened the average duration of common colds by about 7 days and Side effects or complaints were usually minor and consisted mainly of objectionable taste and mouth irritation.
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