CoughCOUNT™ - Objective Quantitativee Symptom Score

PulmoTrack-CC® Validated* CoughCOUNT™ Technology

Chronic cough is among the most frequent presenting symptoms in primary care, but its assessment is subjective and often inaccurate. The distribution and extent of cough can indicate:

• Asthma
  
• COPD or Chronic Bronchitis
  
• Cystic Fibrosis
  
• Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER)
  
• Upper Airway Syndrome (Post Nasal Drip)
  
• Objective Quantitative CoughCOUNT™ with the PulmoTrack-CC™ is essential in:
  
• Evaluation of cough severity
  
• Documenting nocturnal cough
  
• Determination of response to treatment
  
• Occupational medicine
  
• Drug development and validation

* Validation of a Robust Cough Monitoring and Counting Application, ATS, 2009

Overnight or 24 hour cough monitoring provides minute-by-minute cough count with exact timing of each cough event (i.e. burst associated with a single inspiration) and component. This facilitates temporal association with:

• Administration of treatment
  
• Reflux events and meals
  
• Wheeze
  
• Change of body posture/activity
  
• Exercise and exposure to cold
  
• Exposure to noxious gases and ambient particles
  
• Primary and secondary cigarette smoke

CoughCOUNT™: Number of coughs per unit time (minute or hour)

The PulmoTrack-CC™ is an optional patented* software application that can be used as part of the PulmoTrack® Wheeze real-time Acoustic Respiratory Monitor (ARM) or with the Wholter™ 8 - 24-hour recorder. For data acquisition, the PulmoTrack-CC™ uses the same sensors and hardware as the PulmoTrack® and the Wholter™. The application detects Cough Events which are either single or multiple Component Coughs as well as individual components. The User Interface is shown in Figures 1-2.

Fig. 1 (left): The PulmoTrack-CC™ Monitor interface shows minute-by-minute information on Tracheal and Chest Wall WheezeRATE™ (bars in top 2 panels) and CoughCOUNT™ per minute (3rd panel). The bottom panel shows the Respiratory Rate (blue) and I:E Ratio (gray). Time is in minutes.

Fig. 2a (top right: Clicking an individual minute bar opens a detail panel showing the timing of the Cough Events in long lines and secondary Components in shorter lines. Fig. 2b (bottom right): Shows the expanded time scale plot [in seconds] of one single-component and one two-component cough.

 

The PulmoTrack-CC™ is intended for detecting, counting, and recording coughs in patients when there is a need for objective documentation of the presence of cough in unrestricted environments.

PulmoTrack® Specifications

Data Input Requirements	From PulmoTrack® Monitor, or From Wholter™ Recorder
Analysis Requirement	PulmoTrack® with activated CC™ Option
Reporting	CoughCOUNT™ as Events and Components per minute
Timing	Timing of Events and Components

PulmoTrack-CC™ is protected by patents 6,168,568; 6,261,238, and by pending US and international patents. PulmoTrack-CC™, WheezeRATE™, CoughCOUNT™ are trademarked by KarmelSonix. Specifications are subject to change without prior notice.

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