Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2024 May 1;209(9):1165-1167.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202311-2169LE.

Cough Severity Visual Analog Scale Assesses Cough Burden and Predicts Survival in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Zhe Wu  1   2 , David J F Smith  1   2 , Leda Yazbeck  1   2 , Peter Saunders  1   3 , Jaclyn A Smith  4 , Toby M Maher  1   5 , Philip L Molyneaux  1   2
Affiliations

Cough Severity Visual Analog Scale Assesses Cough Burden and Predicts Survival in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Zhe Wu et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(A and B) Scatter dot plot of Leicester Cough Questionnaire (LCQ) (A) and Living with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (L-IPF) cough (B) scores dichotomized according to cough visual analog scale (VAS) scores below and equal to or above 30 mm. Bars demonstrate median and interquartile ranges. Median LCQ scores were 13.9 and 18.0; L-IPF cough scores were 10 and 45, respectively. (C) Baseline cough VAS scores predict survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Kaplan-Meier survival curves demonstrating survival according to cough severity (VAS scores <30 and ⩾30 mm) are shown.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Lee J, White E, Freiheit E, Scholand MB, Strek ME, Podolanczuk AJ, et al. Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Cough-specific quality of life predicts disease progression among patients with interstitial lung disease: data from the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation patient registry. Chest . 2022;162:603–613. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Ryerson CJ, Abbritti M, Ley B, Elicker BM, Jones KD, Collard HR. Cough predicts prognosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Respirology . 2011;16:969–975. - PubMed
    1. Saunders P, Wu Z, Fahy WA, Stewart ID, Saini G, Smith DJF, et al. The burden and impact of cough in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: an analysis of the prospective observational PROFILE study. Ann Am Thorac Soc . 2023;20:1267–1273. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Vernon M, Leidy NK, Nacson A, Nelsen L. Measuring cough severity: perspectives from the literature and from patients with chronic cough. Cough . 2009;5:5. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Birring SS, Wijsenbeek MS, Agrawal S, van den Berg JWK, Stone H, Maher TM, et al. A novel formulation of inhaled sodium cromoglicate (PA101) in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and chronic cough: a randomised, double-blind, proof-of-concept, phase 2 trial. Lancet Respir Med . 2017;5:806–815. - PubMed

Publication types