Consensus goals and standards for specialist cough clinics : the NEUROCOUGH international Delphi study
Song, Woo-Jung (University of Ulsan College of Medicine)
Dupont, Lieven (University Hospitals Leuven (Bèlgica))
Birring, Surinder S. (King's College London)
Chung, Kian Fan (Imperial College London)
Dąbrowska, Marta (Medical University of Warsaw)
Dicpinigaitis, Peter (Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center)
Domingo, Christian (Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari. Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT))
Fontana, Giovanni (University of Florence)
Gibson, Peter G. (University of Newcastle)
Guilleminault, Laurent (Hôpital Larrey and Center for Pathophysiology Toulouse Purpan)
Hull, James H. (Royal Brompton Hospital (Londres))
Idzko, Marco (Medical University of Vienna)
Kardos, Peter (Maingau Clinic of the Red Cross)
Kim, Hyun Jung (Korea University College of Medicine)
Lai, Kefang (Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health)
Lavorini, Federico (University of Florence)
Millqvist, Eva (University of Gothenburg)
Morice, Alyn H. (University of Hull)
Niimi, Akio (Nagoya City University)
Parker, Sean M. (North Tyneside General Hospital)
Satia, Imran (McMaster University (Canadà))
Smith, Jaclyn A. (University of Manchester)
van den Berg, Jan Willem (Isala Hospital)
McGarvey, Lorcan P. (Queen's University Belfast)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Data:	2023
Resum:	Current guidelines on the management of chronic cough do not provide recommendations for the operation of specialist cough clinics. The objective of the present study was to develop expert consensus on goals and standard procedures for specialist cough clinics. We undertook a modified Delphi process, whereby initial statements proposed by experts were categorised and presented back to panellists over two ranking rounds using an 11-point Likert scale to identify consensus. An international panel of 57 experts from 19 countries participated, with consensus reached on 15 out of 16 statements, covering the aims, roles and standard procedures of specialist cough clinics. Panellists agreed that specialist cough clinics offer optimal care for patients with chronic cough. They also agreed that history taking should enquire as to cough triggers, cough severity rating scales should be routinely used, and a minimum of chest radiography, spirometry and measurements of type 2 inflammatory markers should be undertaken in newly referred patients. The importance of specialist cough clinics in promoting clinical research and cough specialty training was acknowledged. Variability in healthcare resources and clinical needs between geographical regions was noted. The Delphi exercise provides a platform and guidance for both established cough clinics and those in planning stages. A Delphi exercise undertaken to provide expert consensus on goals and standard procedures for establishing and delivering a specialist cough clinic service.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Publicat a:	ERJ Open Research, Vol. 9 (november 2023) , ISSN 2312-0541

DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00618-2023
PMID: 38020564

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