RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Night cough and general practice research
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 74
OP 77
VO 36
IS 283
A1 L.J. Toop
A1 J.G.R. Howie
A1 F.M. Paxton
YR 1986
UL http://bjgp.org/content/36/283/74.abstract
AB Thirty-four children, aged between three and nine years, presenting with nocturnal cough, were studied on successive nights using an automatic voice activated tape recorder system. Children with a family history of atopy coughed significantly more than children without such a family history. A wide variation in cough frequency was found both between and within subjects. No effects of treatment on cough frequency were demonstrated. Some of the physiological and pathological mechanisms underlying night cough are discussed.