ERS guidelines on the assessment of cough

### Cough 1) All basic scientific articles should refer to cough as a three-phase motor act. For the purposes of acoustic recordings in clinical studies, however, cough should be described as a forced expulsive manoeuvre or manoeuvres against a closed glottis that are associated with a characteristic sound or sounds. 2) All scientific articles should include a clear definition of what the authors have used as their definition of cough. ### Capsaicin and citric acid inhalation cough challenge 1) The methodology for the performance of inhalation cough challenge should be standardised so as to facilitate universal interpretation and comparison of data generated by different laboratories. 2) Comprehensive normal…

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