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