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Cough, a vital reflex. Mechanisms, determinants and measurements
Cough is a natural defense mechanism that protects the respiratory tract from inhaling foreign bodies and by clearing excessive bronchial secretions. As a spontaneous reflex arc, it involves receptors, an afferent pathway, a center processing information, an efferent pathway and effectors. The deter...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6502102/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30657115 http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i4.6182 |
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author | Francesco, Andrani Marina, Aiello Giuseppina, Bertorelli Ernesto, Crisafulli Alfredo, Chetta |
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description | Cough is a natural defense mechanism that protects the respiratory tract from inhaling foreign bodies and by clearing excessive bronchial secretions. As a spontaneous reflex arc, it involves receptors, an afferent pathway, a center processing information, an efferent pathway and effectors. The determinant factor of cough efficacy is the operational volume of the lung, which in turn relies on the strength and coordination of respiratory and laryngeal muscles as well as on lung mechanics. Respiratory muscle weakness and dysfunction as well as expiratory flow limitation and lung hyperinflation may occur in some neuromuscular disorders and in obstructive airway diseases, respectively. Accordingly, all these diseases may show an ineffective cough. In this brief overview, we deal with the determinants of the cough efficacy and the clinical conditions affecting cough efficacy as well as the cough’s efficacy measurements in clinical setting. (www.actabiomedica.it) |
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spelling | pubmed-65021022019-05-08 Cough, a vital reflex. Mechanisms, determinants and measurements Francesco, Andrani Marina, Aiello Giuseppina, Bertorelli Ernesto, Crisafulli Alfredo, Chetta Acta Biomed Focus on Cough is a natural defense mechanism that protects the respiratory tract from inhaling foreign bodies and by clearing excessive bronchial secretions. As a spontaneous reflex arc, it involves receptors, an afferent pathway, a center processing information, an efferent pathway and effectors. The determinant factor of cough efficacy is the operational volume of the lung, which in turn relies on the strength and coordination of respiratory and laryngeal muscles as well as on lung mechanics. Respiratory muscle weakness and dysfunction as well as expiratory flow limitation and lung hyperinflation may occur in some neuromuscular disorders and in obstructive airway diseases, respectively. Accordingly, all these diseases may show an ineffective cough. In this brief overview, we deal with the determinants of the cough efficacy and the clinical conditions affecting cough efficacy as well as the cough’s efficacy measurements in clinical setting. (www.actabiomedica.it) Mattioli 1885 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6502102/ /pubmed/30657115 http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i4.6182 Text en Copyright: © 2018 ACTA BIO MEDICA SOCIETY OF MEDICINE AND NATURAL SCIENCES OF PARMA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License |
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title | Cough, a vital reflex. Mechanisms, determinants and measurements |
title_full | Cough, a vital reflex. Mechanisms, determinants and measurements |
title_fullStr | Cough, a vital reflex. Mechanisms, determinants and measurements |
title_full_unstemmed | Cough, a vital reflex. Mechanisms, determinants and measurements |
title_short | Cough, a vital reflex. Mechanisms, determinants and measurements |
title_sort | cough, a vital reflex. mechanisms, determinants and measurements |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6502102/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30657115 http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i4.6182 |
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