Vocal cord dysfunction/inducible laryngeal obstruction cannot be diagnosed from symptoms

Grace Yap; Laurence E Ruane; Kais Hamza; Elizabeth Leahy; Adriana Avram; Malcolm Baxter; Joo Koh; Philip G Bardin; Paul Leong

doi:10.1183/23120541.00707-2023

Vocal cord dysfunction/inducible laryngeal obstruction cannot be diagnosed from symptoms

ERJ Open Res. 2023 Dec 27;9(6):00707-2023. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00707-2023. eCollection 2023 Nov.

Authors

Grace Yap¹, Laurence E Ruane^{1

2}, Kais Hamza³, Elizabeth Leahy¹, Adriana Avram¹, Malcolm Baxter^{2

4}, Joo Koh^{1

2

4}, Philip G Bardin^{1

2}, Paul Leong^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Monash Lung Sleep Allergy and Immunology, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Ear, Nose, Throat Surgery, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

Abstract

Vocal cord dysfunction/inducible laryngeal obstruction is highly variable. Standard clinical symptoms and questionnaires cannot predict laryngoscopic diagnosis in a "lung disease" population. https://bit.ly/3QUtsbB.