Table 1.

Search Terms Used for Reviewing the Literature

MeSH Search Terms
Cough AND Aging OR Aged OR Elderly	Cough AND Effort	Cough AND Mucus
Cough AND Gender OR Sex OR Sex factors	Cough AND Pathophysiology OR Mechanics	Cough AND Mucins
Cough AND Neuromuscular	Cough AND Airway compression	Cough AND Mucociliary OR Mucociliary clearance
Cough AND Emphysema OR Decreased airflow OR Flow rates	Cough AND Airway collapse	Cough AND children AND physiology OR reflex OR mechanism
Cough AND Chronic disease OR Obstructive disease

MeSH = Medical Subject Headings.