caa a22 4500 386345554 CHVBK 20180307111810.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198907 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100109715 doi S0022215100109715 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100109715 Cough as the sole manifestation of airway hyperreactivity [Elektronische Daten] Abstract The authors report 18 patients who presented to the ENT department with isolated cough, which had begun one month to 14 years previously. As the ENT examination was negative, the patients were referred to the Department of General Medicine where a bronchial reactivity test with acetylcholine was found to be positive, leading to a diagnosis of airway hyperreactivity. The group was predominantly female (15/18) and atopy was rare; indeed, only one patient, who had a history of allergic rhinitis, was found to be atopic. Bronchodilators and inhaled steroids cured or helped the cough in 16/18 patients. When a patient presents with chronic cough without other respiratory symptoms it is important to consider a diagnosis of airway hyperreactivity and to confirm this with a challenge test of bronchoconstriction Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989 Frans A. Department of Internal Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc. 1200 Brussels, Belgium. Accepted for publication: 13 February 1989 Van Den Eeckhaut J. Ear, Nose and Throat Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc. 1200 Brussels, Belgium The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 103/7(1989-07), 680-682 0022-2151 103:7<680 1989 103 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100109715 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100109715 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Frans A. Department of Internal Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc. 1200 Brussels, Belgium. Accepted for publication: 13 February 1989 NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Van Den Eeckhaut J. Ear, Nose and Throat Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc. 1200 Brussels, Belgium NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 103/7(1989-07), 680-682 0022-2151 103:7<680 1989 103 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge