The Assessment of Cough in a Sarcoidosis Clinic Using a Validated instrument and a Visual Analog Scale

ConclusionsIn a large university outpatient sarcoidosis cohort, cough was worse in blacks than whites. Cough was not statistically significantly different in terms of age, spirometric measures, Scadding stage, or smoking status. The LCQ correlated strongly with a visual analog scale for cough.

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Source: Lung - July 13, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research