What is it about?
The use of the diagnostic test Peptest to show that Pepsin is present in expectorated saliva in patients with chronic cough attending Europe's leading cough specialists (Alyn Morice at Castle Hill Hospital). This shows that reflux of gastroc contents is involved in the aetiology of chronic cough in those patients in which the test was positive
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Why is it important?
Shows that the value of a quick easy diagnostic test to help patients understand the cause of symptoms that may have been unexplained for many years
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Lead scientist at Technostics Ltd and pepsin expert involved the development and promotion of Peptest
Dr Vicki Strugala
Smith & Nephew
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This page is a summary of: Detection of pepsin in sputum: a rapid and objective measure of airways reflux, European Respiratory Journal, November 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS),
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00827-2015.
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