CMS Effects of Coughing in Cystic Fibrosis

Abstract

Neurological symptoms complicating the paroxysmal coughing associated with cystic fibrosis were studied in 273 patients, aged 10 to 44 years, attending the Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, Divisions of Pediatric Pulmonology and Neurology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Rainbow and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, OH.

Keywords

• neurological symptoms
• intrathoracic pressure
• transient cerebral ischemia