A portable automatic cough analyser in the ambulatory assessment of cough.docVIP

Krajniketal.BioMedicalEngineeringOnLine2010,9:17 /content/9/1/17 RESEARCH OpenAccess Aportableautomaticcoughanalyserinthe ambulatoryassessmentofcough MalgorzataKrajnik1,IwonaDamps-Konstanska2*,LucynaGorska2,EwaJassem2 *Correspondence:damik@amg. Abstract gda.pl 2DepartmentofAllergology,Chair ofLungDisease,MedicalUniversity ofGdansk,Poland Background:Coughisoneofthemainsymptomsofadvancedlungdisease. However,theefficacyofcurrentlyavailabletreatmentremainsunsatisfactory. Researchintothenewantitussivesrequiresanobjectiveassessmentofcough. Methods:Theaimofthestudywastotestthefeasibilityofanewautom