Airway diseases
Hot topics
Innovations in airway innervation: treatments for chronic cough
Clinical
Aims : To better understand 1) the innervation of the airways and how novel therapies may act on airway nerves; 2) the concept of cough reflex hypersensitivity and how that may manifest in clinical diseases, not only chronic cough patients but also in chronic respiratory diseases; 3) the mechanism of action, potential clinical effects and utility of a range of P2X3 antagonists in development; the mechanism of action, potential clinical effects and utility of other new anti-tussive therapies currently in development.
Target audience :
Adult pulmonologist/Clinician, Clinical researcher, General practitioner, Medical Student, Medical Technical Assistant, Nurse, Patient, Physician in Pulmonary Training, Physiologist, Respiratory physiotherapist, Scientist (basic, translational), Respiratory therapist
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Introduction
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Physiology of cough and denervation of the airways
G. Fontana(Vaglia (FI), Italy)
COI
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15:55
Differential diagnosis of chronic cough
I. Satia(Hamilton, Canada)
COI
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16:05
Cough reflex hypersensitivity: a treatable trait?
E. Millqvist(Skövde, Sweden)
COI
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Description
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Novel treatments of chronic cough
J. Smith(Manchester (Greater Manchester), United Kingdom)
COI
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Description
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Discussion and Q&A
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