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GuidelineRespiration; international review of thoracic diseases2025

Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Patients with Cough.

Peter Kardos, Sven Becker, Kai-Roland Heidenreich, Ludger Klimek, Thomas Köhnlein, Joachim Labenz, Norbert Mülleneisen, Dorothea Pfeiffer-Kascha, Isabell Pink, Helmut Sitter and 3 more

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Guideline in Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Peter KardosHospital-Based Private Group Practice for Respiratory, and Sleep Medicine and Allergy, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, kardos@lungenzentrum-maingau.de.
Sven BeckerEar-Nose-Throat/University/Hospital, University Medical Center of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Kai-Roland HeidenreichGerman CF Support for People with Cystic Fibrosis Registered Association, Idstein, Germany.
Ludger KlimekCenter for Allergy and Rhinology, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Thomas KöhnleinRespiratory Specialist Center and Center for Sleep Medicine, Teuchern, Germany.
Joachim LabenzPrivate Practice Gastoenterology and Hepatology, Reflux Center Siegerland, Burbach, Germany.
Norbert MülleneisenAsthma and Allergy Center, Leverkusen, Germany.
Dorothea Pfeiffer-KaschaWupper Therapy Longrée, Ergotherapy, Physiotherapy Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany.
Isabell PinkUniversity Hospital Pulmonology, Infectiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Helmut SitterAssociation of the Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF), Berlin, Germany.
Frederik TrinkmannUniversity Heidelberg, Thorax Clinic, Heidelberg, Germany.
Heinrich WorthFacharztzentrum Fürth, Fürth, Germany.
Cordula WinterhollerSpeech Therapy, Swallowing Disorders, Nuernberg, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is the 4th edition of the Cough Guidelines of the German Respiratory Society (DGP), written by and for respiratory, internal medicine, allergy, ear-nose-throat, gastroenterology specialists, speech therapists, and physiotherapists. In a modified Delphi process, the authors developed 12 key questions on classification, common causes of acute, subacute, and chronic cough: both as a symptom of respiratory diseases including the upper airways, reflux, and drug-related cough, and as a primary disease, i.e., unexplained chronic cough and refractory chronic cough due to hypersensitivity of the cough reflex. An in-person guideline conference followed to find evidence-based answers and recommendations, which were graded as strong, weak, or insufficient evidence for recommendation. A brief scientific background to the respective questions was then compiled by expert groups of authors. Diagnostic algorithms were created for acute, subacute, and chronic cough and reflux-related cough. The significantly reduced scope and improved overview make it easy to use it in daily practice. The guideline is available in digital form as a smartphone application (currently only in German): <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://www.leila.de/de/" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.leila.de/de/</ext-link>.

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Chronic cough as a diseaseCoughCough as a symptomPersonalized diagnosisStandardized diagnosis

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PMID41385480
PMCPMC13078748

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