Standard treatment for cough variant asthma:A clinical trail of two years follow-up
XU Yin-ji
ZHOU Ming-juan
LIANG Gui-xing
WU Lei
Abstract：Objective To screen the protective factors preventing cough variant asthma ( CVA) progressing into classic asthma.Methods Sixty patients with chronic cough , who were diagnosed as CVA , had participated in this study from Nov 2011 to Oct 2013.Standard ICS+LABA treatment was given to the participants and follow -up for over 2 years. Results A total of 47 participants had completed the study .Negative AHR were observed in 8 cases, while 12 cases of typical asthma had been reported , between whom a significant difference was revealed in the cough duration of CVA .Con-clusion Cough duration is a risk factor for the development of classic asthma in CVA .Early treatment with ICS+LABA may prevent the progression of CVA to classic asthma .
Keywords：cough variant asthmabronchial provocation testprognosis
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 2104-2107 )