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Time course of nocturnal cough and wheezing in children with acute bronchitis monitored by lung sound analysis.

Abstract：

:Cough and wheezing are the predominant symptoms of acute bronchitis. Hitherto, the evaluation of respiratory symptoms was limited to subjective methods such as questionnaires. The main objective of this study was to objectively determine the time course of cough and wheezing in children with acute bronchitis. The impact of nocturnal cough on parent's quality of life was assessed as secondary outcome. In 36 children (2-8 years), the frequency of nocturnal cough and wheezing was recorded during three nights by automated lung sound monitoring. Additionally, parents completed symptom logs, i.e., the Bronchitis Severity Score (BSS), as well as the Parent-proxy Children's Acute Cough-specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAC-QoL). During the first night, patients had 34.4 ± 52.3 (mean ± SD) cough epochs, which were significantly reduced in night 5 (13.5 ± 26.5; p < 0.001) and night 9 (12.8 ± 28.1; p < 0.001). Twenty-two patients had concomitant wheezing, which declined within the observation period as well. All subjective parameters (BSS, Cough log and PAC-QoL) were found to be significantly correlated with the objectively assessed cough parameters.Conclusion: Long-term recording of cough and wheezing offers a useful opportunity to objectively evaluate the time course of respiratory symptoms in children with acute bronchitis. To assess putative effects of pharmacotherapy on nocturnal bronchitis symptoms, future studies in more homogeneous patient groups are needed. What is Known: • Cough and wheezing are the predominant symptoms of acute bronchitis. • There is a diagnostic gap in long-term assessment of these respiratory symptoms, which needs to be closed to optimize individual therapies. What is New: • Long-term recording of nocturnal cough and wheezing allows for objective evaluation of respiratory symptoms in children with acute bronchitis and provides a tool to validate the efficacy of symptomatic bronchitis therapies.

journal_name

Eur J Pediatr

journal_title

European journal of pediatrics

authors

Koehler U,Hildebrandt O,Fischer P,Gross V,Sohrabi K,Timmesfeld N,Peter S,Urban C,Steiß JO,Koelsch S,Kerzel S,Weissflog A

doi

10.1007/s00431-019-03426-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-09-01 00:00:00

pages

1385-1394

issue

eissn

0340-6199

issn

1432-1076

pii

10.1007/s00431-019-03426-4

journal_volume

178

pub_type

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Time course of nocturnal cough and wheezing in children with acute bronchitis monitored by lung sound analysis.