tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "DeDefining the relationship between gastroesophageal reflux and cough: probabilities, possibilities and limitations"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Defining the relationship between gastroesophageal reflux and cough: probabilities, possibilities and limitations. | Cough BioMed Central Commentary Open Access Defining the relationship between gastroesophageal reflux and cough probabilities possibilities and limitations Matthew M Eastburn1 2 Peter H Katelaris3 and Anne B Chang 1 4 Address Department of Respiratory Medicine Royal Children s Hospital Brisbane Australia 2School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering University of Queensland St Lucia Queensland Australia 3Department of Gastroenterology University of Sydney Concord Hospital Sydney Australia and 4Child Health Division Menzies School of Health Research Darwin Northern Territory Australia Email Matthew M Eastburn - Peter H Katelaris - pkatelar@ Anne B Chang - annechang@ Corresponding author Published 20 March 2007 Received 30 January 2007 Accepted 20 March 2007 Cough 2007 3 4 doi 1745-9974-3-4 This article is available from http content 3 1 4 2007 Eastburn et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract The common co-existence of cough and gastroesophageal reflux disease GORD is well established. However ascertaining cause and effect is more difficult for many reasons that include occurrence by chance of two common symptoms the changing definition of GORD equipment limitations and the lack of randomised controlled trials. Given these difficulties it is not surprising that there is disparity of opinion between respiratory and gastroenterology society guidelines on the link between GORD and chronic cough. This commentary explores of these issues. Background The first guideline on the management of cough championed by Irwin 1 made a significant positive impact. Not surprisingly other guidelines on chronic cough 2-5 .