Measuring cough: what really matters?

This review outlined the various methods used to measure cough, including subjective and objective approaches. Developments in measuring cough frequency were outlined, including the Vitalograph VitaloJAK cough monitoring system, which has "been widely used in antitussive clinical trials in the last decade [including] for novel classes of antitussives such as P2X3, NK1 and TRMP8 antagonists" and for "cough research, such as studying cough in COPD, asthma and lung cancer".