 Cough
"Cough" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A sudden, audible expulsion of air from the lungs through a partially closed glottis, preceded by inhalation. It is a protective response that serves to clear the trachea, bronchi, and/or lungs of irritants and secretions, or to prevent aspiration of foreign materials into the lungs.
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D003371
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.618.248 C23.888.852.293
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2008 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2013 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2014 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2015 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2017 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2019 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2020 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | 2021 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2022 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2023 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2024 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2025 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cough" by people in Profiles.
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Melzer LD, Vigers T, Hanley ET, Messinger A, Hoppe JE, Sagel SD, Zemanick ET. Home Cough Monitoring Reveals Higher Nighttime Cough Burden in Children With Cystic Fibrosis Compared With Healthy Children. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025 Nov; 60(11):e71351.
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Salois JR, Heinle KL, Slovarp LJ, Jetté ME, Manchaiah V, Vlaescu G, Andersson G. Internet-Based Behavioral Cough Suppression Therapy for Refractory Chronic Cough: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2025 Sep 04; 34(5):2864-2876.
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Yadlapati R, Weissbrod P, Walsh E, Carroll TL, Chan WW, Gartner-Schmidt J, Guadagnoli L, Jette M, Myers JC, O'Rourke A, Sweis R, Wu J, Barkmeier-Kraemer JM, Cates D, Chen CL, Coss-Adame E, Dion G, Francis D, Kaneko M, Lechien JR, Misono S, Rameau A, Roman S, Vertigan A, Xiao Y, Zerbib F, Greytak M, Pandolfino JE, Gyawali CP. The San Diego Consensus for Laryngopharyngeal Symptoms and Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease. Am J Gastroenterol. 2026 Feb 01; 121(2):322-336.
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Slovarp LJ, Reynolds JE, Gillespie AI, Jetté ME. Reframing Refractory Chronic Cough: The Role of Interoception. Lung. 2025 Feb 12; 203(1):32.
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Swigris JJ, Pryor JB, Aronson KI, Guess TA, Solomon JJ. Interstitial Lung Disease Patients' Global Impressions of Symptoms, Severity Ratings, and Meaningfulness of Changes Over Time. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Dec; 21(12):1670-1677.
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Channick JE, Swigris J. Cough in Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease: Effects and Implications. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Oct 15; 210(8):975-976.
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Slovarp L, Jette M, Reynolds J, Gillespie AI, Barkmeier-Kraemer J, Sandage M, Smith J, Haines J, Vertigan A, Mazzone S. Misconceptions on behavioral cough suppression therapy for pediatric nonspecific cough: A response to Weinberger and Buettner's commentary on Fujiki et al. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024 Jun; 59(6):1525-1527.
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Krause AJ, Kaizer AM, Carlson DA, Chan WW, Chen CL, Gyawali CP, Jenkins A, Pandolfino JE, Polamraju V, Wong MW, Greytak M, Yadlapati R. Validated Clinical Score to Predict Gastroesophageal Reflux in Patients With Chronic Laryngeal Symptoms: COuGH RefluX. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 Jun; 22(6):1200-1209.e1.
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Wijsenbeek M, Swigris JJ, Inoue Y, Kreuter M, Maher TM, Suda T, Baldwin M, Mueller H, Rohr KB, Flaherty KR. Effects of nintedanib on symptoms in patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis. Eur Respir J. 2024 Feb; 63(2).
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Corliss JM, Lai JM. Persistent Dry Cough. Am Fam Physician. 2023 12; 108(6):Online.
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