cough patients
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Cough patients at the outpatient clinic and in the hospital of Fukushima Medical University who have not been treated for their cough yet. In addition, healthy volunteers who are non-smoker.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients having severe complications or having serious diseases such as cancer. 2.Pregnant women or breast feeding women 3. Patients who are unable to give informed consent. 4.Inappropriate patients judged by respiratory physician.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Comparison of proportional changes of cough frequency, LCQ score, cough threshold, and FEV1 before and after the treatment for cough. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Relationships between cough frequency, LCQ score, cough threshold, and spirometry before the treatment for cough. 2. To investigate the difference patterns of cough frequency and time course in various respiratory diseases which causes cough. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Doctor Department of Pulmonary Medicine