Treatment for Cough: Two Sides to the Story.

Autor: Ruddy, Bari Hoffman, Sandage, Mary J.
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Zdroj: Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups; 2017, Vol. 2 Issue 3, p113-118, 6p
Abstrakt: The role of cough is of interest to speech-language pathologists (SLPs) for two seemingly contradictory reasons: chronic, excessive cough and insufficient cough. Evidence supports the role of the SLP in behavioral strategies for both the reduction and/or elimination of chronic cough, as well as the use of pulmonary exercise to realize improved airway clearance in individuals with a weak, insufficient cough. At both ends of this continuum, anchored at one end by too much coughing and the other end anchored by inadequate cough for airway clearance/pulmonary health, the SLP has an important role [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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