Clinic Benefits Of Sequential Three Step Empirical Therapy In Chronic Cough Management

Main Category: Respiratory / Asthma
Article Date: 23 May 2008 - 5:00 PDT

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In this clinical study, the authors used an empirical 3-step therapy to treat patients with chronic cough and successfully relieved cough in 88% of the study patients.

This sequential therapy is designed in such a way that the common cough is treated first.

By increasing the success rate of this initial treatment as well as enhancing patient compliance, researchers were able to decrease the duration of treatment.

This simple approach can achieve a similar cough control rate as those of specific cause-directed treatment after full laboratory testing, thereby eliminating the need for complex laboratory testing and costs.

"Clinical benefit of sequential three-step empirical therapy in the management of chronic cough"
Li Yu, Zhongmin Qiu, Hanjing Lü, Weili Wei, Cuiqin Shi
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