Correlation between voluntary cough and laryngeal cough reflex flows in patients with traumatic brain injury

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OBJECTIVE: To correlate voluntary cough and laryngeal cough reflex (LCR) flows in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

DESIGN: Cross-sectional study.

SETTING: University rehabilitation hospital.

PARTICIPANTS: Patients with TBI (n=25) and healthy controls (n=48).

INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Peak cough flows (PCFs) and LCR flows were measured using a peak flow meter at the oral-nasal interface. The largest value of 3 attempts was recorded for PCF and LCR, respectively. LCR was elicited by 20% solution of pharmaceutic-grade citric acid dissolved in sterile .15M NaCl solution that was inhaled from a nebulizer.

RESULTS: PCF was 447.4 ± 99.0 L/min in the control group and 211.7 ± 58.2 L/min in the patient group. LCR was 209.2 ± 63.8L/min in the control group and 170.0 ± 59.7 L/min in the patient group. Both PCF (P=.000) and LCR (P=.013) were significantly reduced in patients with TBI compared to that of the control group. LCR was strongly related to the PCF in both control (R=.645; P=.000) and patient (R=.711; P=.000) groups.

CONCLUSIONS: As LCR can be measured as a numerical value and significantly correlates with PCF, LCR can be used to estimate cough ability of patients with TBI who cannot cooperate with PCF measurement.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:94

Enthalten in:

Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation - 94(2013), 8 vom: 10. Aug., Seite 1580-3

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Sang Chul [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Seong-Woong [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Min Tae [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Yong Kyun [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Won Hyuk [VerfasserIn]
Im, Sang Hee [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aspiration
Brain injuries
Cough
Journal Article
LCR
Laryngeal cough reflex
MMSE
Mini-Mental State Examination
PCF
Peak cough flow
Rehabilitation
TBI
Traumatic brain injury

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Date Completed 31.10.2013

Date Revised 29.07.2013

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.apmr.2012.11.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM222641525