Response to PPIs (R-PPIs)
Non-adherence to treatment with PPis
|
9 /20 (45%)
0 (0%)
|
Response to food elimination diet (R-FED)
(They had had no response to PPIs)
Non-adherence to treatment with FED
|
7 /10 (70%)
1
|
Response to
swallowed topical corticosteroids (R-STCs)
(They had had no response to PPIs or FED)
Non-adherence to treatment with stcs
|
3/4(75%)
1 (The same patient who also did not adhere to FED)
|
Evolution of CC
-Adherence to treatment
-No Adherence to treatment
|
Disappeared when EoE remitted
The cough persisted
|
Evolution of cough in patients with EoE not responding to PPIs |
All patients improved but did not remit in any of them |
Adherence to maintenance treatment |
14/19
(74%) |
Non-Adherence to maintenance treatment
|
5/19 (26%)
1-PPIs
2-FED
2-STCs
|
Evolution of CC after stopping treatment |
Reappearance of the
CC along with other symptoms of esophageal dysfunction within 4
months |
Complications
|
3 (15%)
2 Esophageal perforations
1 Severe asthma and Aspiration pneumonia in the same patient
|